soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to speak; to say; to vocalize
feeling; sense; impression
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
pinning someone on the floor by lying on them; banging on the floor (e.g. to quieten one's neighbor)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
joke; playfulness; kidding around
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
regret; repentance; remorse
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to torment; to torture; to harass
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry