floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
3000; three thousand; many
amount of material resources
to have confidence in one's own abilities
small number; few; minority
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
breath; breathing; bracelet
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
right side; right-hand side
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
two (long cylindrical things)
left side; left-hand side
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
ray (of light); beam; light
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to be helpful; to be useful
correction; rectification; mending; repair
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times