small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
fat; tallow; lard; grease
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
self-consciousness; self-awareness
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
essence; true nature; substance; reality
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to appease; to suppress; to calm
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
formal; orthodox; in earnest
chignon (in a Japanese hair-style)
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
to dye; to colour; to color
result; effect; performance; success
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous