four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
boy; son; baby boy; young man
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to attack; to assault; to assail
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
scene; sight; scenario; setting
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
just one person; only one
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
go that far; to that extent