one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
imagination; supposition; guess
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
while; during (the time when)
to speak; to hear a voice
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
threat; intimidation; menace
to be perturbed; to be agitated
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
pride; boast; credit (to)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be silent; to say nothing
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
speaking voice; talking voice
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
instant; moment; for an instant
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart