mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
however; having said that; but
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
difference; discrepancy; variation
guess; conjecture; surmise
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
fencing; art of wielding swords
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
plainly; clearly; vividly
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
stillness; repose; standing still
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
snake; serpent; large snake
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
exposure to the sun; sunny place
to crumble away; to collapse
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda