critic; reviewer; commentator
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
massing (of troops); gathering
ultimate; final; last; eventual
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
one large ...; a great ...
to be remembered; to go down in history
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems