the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
interior; inside; internal
second day of the month; two days
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
dust; dirt; dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
three; three years of age
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
opening fully; full throttle; full power
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
the reverse; other side; lining
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
amount of material resources
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
hosing down; drainage; discharge of water; spraying with water
hard struggle; strenuous effort
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
admiration; wonder; astonishment
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for