floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
late at night; at a late hour
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to comfort; to console; to amuse
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
command; lead; generalship; leadership
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
death from disease; death from illness
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
if you think about it; come to think of it
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
official announcement; proclamation
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event