overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to take back; to recapture
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to order; to command; to appoint
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
sick person; patient; invalid
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to bawl; to cry; to scream
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
drama; play; powerful drug
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to go out and away; to leave
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
arm; skill; efforts; ability
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
this world; this life; world of the living