carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
putting life into; animating; cheering up
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
patting; stroking; caressing
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
good feeling; feeling good
final; eventual; ultimate
even if ...; even supposing that ...
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
one thin flat object; one sheet
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
bad influence; negative influence
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
future prospects; promise
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head