high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to thrust away; to send flying
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
underground train; subway
impossible; unlikely; improbable
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
document; official papers
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to thrust before; to thrust at
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
article; thing; object; property; real estate
development project (program, programme, plan)
in accordance with; according to
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
at once; immediately; right now
to go out and away; to leave
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss