floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to change (one's clothes)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
big catch (fishing); good haul
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
police officer; policeman; constable
as you can imagine; as imagined
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)