uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
sympathy; empathy; response
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to concern; to be related
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to despair of; to see the vanity of
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
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
having said that; be that as it may
to lose sight of; to miss
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
with a start; with a jump
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
drama; play; powerful drug
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
parting; separation; farewell