direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
to torment; to torture; to harass
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
long; drawn-out; very long
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to hide; to keep to oneself
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
quiet; still; surreptitious
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
systematic; regular; routine
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to torment; to harass; to tease
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained