to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
for the first time in one's life
(another's) daughter; young lady
another time; some other time
genuine; authentic; true; real
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
choices; alternatives; options