companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
hey; listen; look here; I say
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
for (some) doubtful points to remain
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
important person; strategic person; key figure
influence; clout; leverage
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
inundation; submersion; flood
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush