floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
reality; actuality; hard fact
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
presence (impressive quality)
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
impossible; unlikely; improbable
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
accidental death; casualty
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to need; to demand; to take; to require
ground glass; frosted glass
to push aside; to push one's way through
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh