reputation; public opinion
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to bail (e.g. water from a boat); to ladle
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
(in Japanese architecture) transom
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
pale; pallid; bluish-white
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
gurgling; babbling; murmuring (stream, brook, etc...)
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
deceased husband; late husband
university (college) professor
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines