at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
real thing; original; actual
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
gossip; corner of the mouth
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
normalcy; normality; normal
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
no need to guess; certainly
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
beyond one's control; nothing one can do