remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
snake; serpent; large snake
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to creep about; to crawl around
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
venomous snake; poisonous snake
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
stepping back; drawing back
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
going west; heading westward
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
a long time ago; long ago
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way