floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
that's the way it is; such is life
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
on the left as one faces (it)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with