near; close; beside; third person
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
depravity; corruption; degradation
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
manly; masculine; like a man
price; cost; value; worth; value
that; the matter in question
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
all present; all concerned; all of us
surroundings; circumference
forcibly; against one's will
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to turn towards; to point
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
silence (not speaking); muteness
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot