among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to make a speech; to address
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to crawl towards; to creep up to
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
not necessarily so; is not always true
verge of death; dying moments
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
personality; character; individuality; personhood
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
dealing with; coping with
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
control room; control booth
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
how long; how far; how much
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)