evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
both hands; both arms; ten
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
please (give me); please (do for me)
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
instant; moment; for an instant
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to be found; to be discovered
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver