talk; story; conversation
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
instability; insecurity; crankiness
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to rush over; to run up to
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to look around; to survey
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun