floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
number one; first; best; most; game; round
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
instant; moment; for an instant
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of