floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to focus on; to bring into focus
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
greater than ...; bigger ...
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem