fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to apologize; to apologise
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to fall on one's backside
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
maintenance; preservation; improvement
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
unanticipated; unexpected
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to crack; to develop a crack
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
cracks or fissures in the ground