environment; circumstance
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to be worried; to be troubled
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
one more time; once more; once again
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to change completely; to change suddenly
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
the reason is ...; it is because ...
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
destruction; collapse; crumbling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
remembrance; recollection; recognition
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable