to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
watering hole; watering place
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
changing clothes; change of clothes
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
finger flick to the forehead
penalty; sentence; punishment
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
action of making something; -ification
guess; conjecture; surmise
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
innocent; blameless; guiltless
people; citizens; subjects; folk
extremely dangerous; full of peril
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)