in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
had better ...; had better not ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
stealthily; secretly; in secret
several minutes; a few minutes
reaching; attaining; arrival
to pay attention; to be watchful
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
service entrance; delivery entrance
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
God only knows what may happen
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way