(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
concealment; suppression; hiding
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
all-night vigil over a body; wake
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lie down; to throw oneself down
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to sob; to be choked with tears
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
wherein; therein; thereinto
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person