firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
of course; certainly; naturally
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
virgin birth (esp. of Jesus)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
pregnancy; conception; gestation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
legend; folklore; tradition
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
Daphnae; Tahpanhes; Daphne
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile