colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
charge; grounds; suspicion
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
misjudgment; misjudgement
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years