floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
site; point on a map; spot
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
bishop's staff; khakkhara
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
to surge; to well up; to gush out
tradition; legend; folklore
highest grade; superlative degree
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
instead; but (on the other hand)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
soldier; combatant; warrior
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to serve; to work for; to attend
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case