desperately; for one's dear life
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
quotation; citation; reference
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
cooking; food preparation
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
how; in what way; how about; questionable
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiance
very young; little; childish; immature
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
dignity; majesty; sanctity
there is nothing; having nothing
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
remains; corpse; (dead) body