beyond one's control; nothing one can do
contract; compact; agreement
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
before the gate; in front of the gate
as before; as ever; as it was originally
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to rain incessantly; to downpour
sickroom; hospital room; ward
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to make a speech; to address