(religious) faith; belief; creed
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
small fraction; small proportion
whole story; full picture; full particulars
closely-guarded secret; top secret
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
yearned for; longed for; missed
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
in that way; like that; that way
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
number one; first; best; most; game; round
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
chapter one; first chapter
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
because of; owing to; due to