faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
cooking; food preparation
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
from the viewpoint of; according to
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze