to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
don't worry about it; forget about it
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
sea of blood; pool of blood
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
foolishness; fool; moha (ignorance, folly)
last night; yesterday evening
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to die; to lay down life's burden
to rock; to shake; to swing
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to be smeared; to be covered
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
decision; determination; resolution
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
to step firmly; to harden by treading
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly