seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
about this time; about now
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
war; fighting; fierce competition
all one has; all one's possessions
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
opposite side; opposition
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to triumph; to be elated with success
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
go on!; right!; here goes!
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
to be greedy; to devour greedily
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
long ago; a long time ago; already
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
practice; practising; training; study
everybody; every last one of them; all
finish; finishing; finishing touches