floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
water outlet; tap; faucet
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
being startled; getting a shock
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
surroundings; environs; circumference
such; this sort of; like this
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
summer vacation; summer holiday
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
too much; excessively; too
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
commandant; commanding officer; general
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy