definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
only; merely; but; no more than
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
book; volume; this; present; main; head
author; writer; novelist; artist
loveable; very likeable; like very much
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to grow up; to become an adult
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag