desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
light; easy; non-serious; minor
head over heels; headlong; head first
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
even more; still more; further
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
electrically powered; electric
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
wandering; rambling; roaming
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of