counter for choices, options, etc.
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
I have nothing to do with it
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse into; to flop onto
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason