to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
written and spoken words; description
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
considerably; fairly; quite
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
body; physical system; (the) person
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
recompense; indemnity; atonement
about the same; about equal to; close match
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
that; the matter in question
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin