large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
respect (epistolary usage)
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
annotation; explanatory note; comment
such; this sort of; like this
young person; youth; young
generation; the world; the age
to congratulate; to celebrate
good humour (humor); good mood
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
material; substance; matter
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
mental; spiritual; emotional
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
(some) more; even more; longer; further