kitchen; financial situation
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
river; stream; River; the ... river
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
by myself; in person; by oneself
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
dilapidated house; deserted house
every evening; every night
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
night watch; fire watchman
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to be softened; to calm down
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
second day of the month; two days
to go ahead; to pull ahead