left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
pull; patronage; tug; discount
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
barbershop; barber shop; barber
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically