discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to stop raining or snowing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to be all out; to exhaust
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
somehow; for some reason or other
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
relatively; comparatively
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to jar; to creak; to grate
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in