drop (e.g. of water); drip
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to return a favor (favour); to repay
the other day; a few days ago
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
one of these days; someday; one day
unusual; serious; incomparable
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
(with a) start; fright; alarm
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
every person; each one; everybody
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
offender; criminal; culprit
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress