swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
premarital sexual relations
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to run up to; to rush over
both hands; both arms; ten
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
such; like that; that sort of
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to become dim; to become blurred
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession