honour; honor; glory; privilege
greeting; a fine thing to say
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
superior; superiors; senior
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
retort; back talk; backchat
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to say; to be called; to do
to have the privilege of doing
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
to pause; to have a short intermission
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
probe each other; sound each other out
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
decorum; propriety; politeness
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
elder sister; effeminate man
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
how; in what way; by what means
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
impression given by a painting or image