amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
really; truly; indeed; good grief
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
to be silent; to say nothing
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to pile up; to accumulate
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to smear with blood; to kill
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question