finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
maid; helper; help; assistance
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to redeem (from sin); to save
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
until now; so far; up to the present
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
night table; bedside table
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
many; numerous; various; large number of
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
dubious; puzzled; suspicious