to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
locker room; changing room; dressing room
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
present; gift; to give a present or gift
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)