dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
very young; little; childish; immature
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
because of; owing to; due to
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
reason; cause; circumstances
no matter how much time passes
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
shipping industry; marine transport
failure; mistake; blunder
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)