floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to fly around; to scatter
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
indescribable; having no way to express
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
of course; certainly; naturally
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
answering machine; answer phone
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation