absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to say; to be called; to do
to hit hard; to strike hard
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
hors d'oeuvre; party platter; assorted food tray; catering platter
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically