haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
story; tale; talk; discussion
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
like this; in this way; as you see
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
one day; (on) a certain day
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
such ... as; or some such
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
scenery; scene; landscape
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away