lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
food and drink; eating and drinking
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
in terms of; from the point of view of
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
the Japanese syllabary symbols
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
master; teacher; stable master
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
nice; likeable; desirable
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
moderate; proper; just right
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
softly; mildly; gently; politely
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
suggestiveness (of a poem); lingering charm; lasting impression
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth