floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
successively; one after another
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
already; now; no longer; not any more
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
Post-it®; Post-it note; sticky note
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
planning; project; plan; design
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link