author; writer; novelist; artist
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
regular train; local train; train that stops at every station
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to squash; to crush; to flatten
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
ditch next to railway track
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
daytime; noon; broad daylight
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
as far as the eye can see
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance