number one; first; best; most; game; round
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
everything; anything; nothing
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
no matter how much time passes
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to recall; to remember; to recollect
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
so; like this; in this way
rather; sooner; preferably
please; somehow or other; one way or another
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
change of occupation; career change
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)