(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
national holiday; festival day
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
nowadays; in this day and age
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
naughty; mischievous; unruly
and; thereupon; because of that
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
arm; skill; efforts; ability
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
discovery; detection; finding
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
submersion; inundation; being flooded
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
three days and three nights
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like