showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
from here; from this place
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
three; three years of age
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
than; from; out of; except; but; more