fast-talking; rapid talking
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
excited condition; excited state
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
you could say; you might say; verging on the
don't you think?; indicates question
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to attack; to assault; to assail
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
invitation; introduction; temptation
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
meaning; significance; sense
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
really; truly; indeed; good grief
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
already; now; no longer; not any more