property; fortune; assets
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to speak; to hear a voice
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
university hospital; teaching hospital
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
interval; break; pause; spare moment
briskly with small steps; trotting
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
binge eating; bulimarexia
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation