as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
manners; behavior; behaviour
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
no matter how much time passes
don't you think?; indicates question
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
way; method; means; resource; course
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
junior high school student; middle school pupil
graduation ceremony; commencement
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
society; the world; the times
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(political) power; authority; influence
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to be infected; to be contagious
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although