suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to look away; to avert one's eyes
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
armed might; military power; the sword; force
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
since when; from when; how long
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
caller; visitor; company; guest
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
how; in what way; by what means
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal