immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
leading female role actor (in kabuki)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin; (online) tipping; tip; donation
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
daybreak sound of a crow; (name of) poetry anthology
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
younger people; future generations
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
lover; sweetheart; mistress
flat broke; stone broke; penniless
older brother; elder brother
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender