usurer; usury; loansharking
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
chapter one; first chapter
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
theatre; theater; playhouse
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to gather; to collect; to assemble
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
audience; attendance; hearers
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
February; second month of the lunar calendar
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that