to rock; to shake; to swing
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
even if; even though; however; no matter how
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to crack; to develop a crack
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
even more; still more; further
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
adhesive tape; sticky tape
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound