unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
aging; wearing out; deterioration
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
weight; heavyweight boxer
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
for (some) doubtful points to remain
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
important person; strategic person; key figure
influence; clout; leverage
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
decrepitude; senescence; superannuation
development; exploitation
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
inundation; submersion; flood
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
corridor; hallway; passageway
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower