to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
audience; spectator; spectators
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
that is to say; so that means
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
middle of the night; dead of night
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
infant; baby; little child
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
when it becomes; when it comes to
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out