to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to well up; to burst; to arise
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
reportage writer; documentary writer
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
retreating figure; appearance from behind
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
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 lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply