spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
solution; solution strategy
to grow up; to become an adult
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to take to task; to take it out on
to push aside; to brush aside
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
scheme to provoke discord (e.g. between countries); alienating measure
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
wrong; different; not like that
desperately; for one's dear life
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
one's social position; one's place; one's standing