doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
at first; in the beginning; originally
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
testimony; (verbal) evidence
administrator; director; commissioner
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to pass (of time); to elapse
tradition; legend; folklore