appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
public confidence; popular support
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
outbreak of war; starting a war
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
indolence; laziness; sloth
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
lingering light of evening
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
terrace; bench (in geography)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of