painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
guard; sentinel; garrison
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
no; no; without; not needed
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
nice; good; well-executed
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
something; some kind of; for some reason
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to