bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
last night; yesterday evening
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to lie down; to throw oneself down