to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
recognition; acquaintance
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to jar; to creak; to grate
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to be opposite; to face each other
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
originally; by nature; from the start
ingredient; component; composition
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
go that far; to that extent
the opposite sex; isomerism
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
one day; (on) a certain day
no matter how much time passes
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
long ago; already; a long time ago
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away