normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
primary school; elementary school; grade school
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
way one walks; one's walk
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
bent back; hunchback; stoop
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
rather; sooner; preferably
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
group; bunch; crowd; group
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
lower region; lower part; region below
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
any more; any further; any better; any longer
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude