Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
many; much; plenty; hardly
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall flat; to fall face down
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
upper half of the body; upper body
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
speckles; spotted pattern
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to have confidence in one's own abilities
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
noisy; confused; uproarious
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
riskiness; (level of) danger
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
suggestion; hint; implication
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to torment; to torture; to harass
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)