floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to mark the end; to spell the end
whole nation; whole land; whole country
nape (of the neck); nucha
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
surname; family name; last name
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
mountain road; mountain trail
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
March; third month of the lunar calendar
day after day; day by day
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with