along the river; riverside
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
slightly injured person; slightly wounded person; person with minor injuries
here and there; in places
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
just managing; with great difficulty
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
operating room; operating theatre
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
new building; annexe; annex
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
medical care; medical treatment
cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
elevator landing; elevator hall
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
one's manners; one's attitude
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
it is I who should say so
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing