trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
almost; roughly; approximately
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
society; the world; the times
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
half and half; fifty-fifty
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
spirit world; underworld; the next world
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
superiority; predominance
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to bring back; to restore
half-burnt; half-done; half-baked; rare
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)