urban areas; the streets; town; city
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
end; tip; extremities; terminal
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
type of jōruri recitation
lovers' suicide; double suicide
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
party; set; gang; company; person
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi
to appease; to suppress; to calm
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
father and mother; parents
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
practice; practising; training; study
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
quiet conversation; idle talk
January; first month of the lunar calendar
sightseer; playboy; frequenter of red-light districts
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)