to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
entrance; admission; entering
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
battlefield; battleground
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
that's the way it is; such is life
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
with a start; with a jump
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
antiquity; the previous era
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to be silent; to say nothing
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
prejudice; bias; distorted view
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)