personification; impersonation; embodiment
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
gazing at (in wonderment)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
will; testament; last request
computer game; video game
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
now that; since; so long as; because
to fall off; to tumble down
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to be damaged; to receive damage
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
violent explosion; bursting
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
study; learning; tutorial
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
according to plan; as planned; on target
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
manners; behavior; behaviour
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
and so; therefore; for that reason
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
suffix for familiar person
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in