floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to fly around; to scatter
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
how long; how much; to what extent
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
comfort; consolation; diversion
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to speak ill of; to disparage
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
how can (one) do something
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
settlement; solution; resolution
recompense; indemnity; atonement