indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
Tartary (various tribes that historically inhabited the area north of China)
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
video game hardware; video game console
boastful speech; bragging
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
full to capacity; full to bursting; house full; sellout
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
one's mental make-up (structure)
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
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little