base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
piece of meat; cut of meat
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
stairs; stairway; staircase
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to come from; to have roots in
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
scattered; separated; dispersed
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
your husband; her husband
waking; waking up; awakening
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
frantic dash; rushing at full speed
my husband; one's family; family member
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner