special guest (e.g. on a TV show); guest performer
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)