arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
small brazier; hand-warmer
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to subsist; to keep on living
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
war; fighting; fierce competition
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
munitions; military stores
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
seventh day of the month; seven days
before ... days (months, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown