upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
silence; stillness; quietness
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
metallic sound; metallic clank
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
silence (not speaking); muteness
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)