any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
from the viewpoint of; according to
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
police officer; policeman; constable
what time; (lit.) which hour
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
question; inquiry; enquiry
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
beforehand; in advance; previously
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
1000 ri; (a) long distance
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept