floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
silence (not speaking); muteness
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
prime minister; premier; chancellor
appointment; rendezvous; date
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style