application; request; petition
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
document; official papers
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
snake; serpent; large snake
tail (animal); tail end; tip
with a patting motion; lightly (tapping); (sticking) fast; firmly; sloshing (liquid); swaying
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
one by one; one at a time; in turn
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)