whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
(another's) daughter; young lady
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
shallow hat with a round top (looking like a half manjū)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
hairdresser; hairdressing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river