messenger; envoy; emissary
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to happen to have on hand or in stock
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
correction; revision; amendment
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to subsist; to keep on living
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river