apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
flour; meal; powder; dust
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to express (in words); to confess
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
silence (not speaking); muteness
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
tundra; sharp and sarcastic without ever acting lovestruck
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
to run around; to bustle about
dilapidated house; deserted house
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to get slightly dirty (all over)
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to be able to manage somehow or another
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river