poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
since then; from that time; ever since
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
pieces; scraps; disconnected
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
gesture; gesticulation; motion
pensive; meditative; wistful
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress