overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
mistress; kept woman; concubine
stilts (for walking); hobby horse
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
the same; the said; likewise
man of ability; gifted man
married woman; woman; lady
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
dawn; daybreak; beginning
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
relay station; post station; stage
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
overnight; since last night
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address