floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
(United States of) America; USA
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
rice with other ingredients poured on top
kitchen; financial situation
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to collect; to assemble; to gather
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
partly open; in half bloom
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...