stealthily; secretly; in secret
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tension; mental strain; nervousness
nature; property; disposition
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
distant; remote; isolated
perception; sensing; noticing
that is to say; so that means
to pick up; to find; to gather
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
the opposite sex; isomerism
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
simply; merely; only; solely
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
chair; stool; post; office; position
to throw oneself down; to lie down
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to find fault with; to question
to lie down; to throw oneself down
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
such; this sort of; like this
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole