middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to look away; to avert one's eyes
older sister; elder sister
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
war; fighting; fierce competition
something like ...; something called ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
impossible; unlikely; improbable
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
danger; peril; hazard; risk
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
retreating figure; appearance from behind
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
dispersing; breaking up; running away
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
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