state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
although I say; although one might say; although called
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to fall on one's backside
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
(someone else's) daughter
suffix for familiar person
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
very loud volume; megavolume
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City Hall
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
notice; attention; observation
to stop crying; to cry oneself out