to be found; to be discovered
how; in what way; by what means
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
all present; all concerned; all of us
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
(small crunchy) dried sardines
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
hair (on the head); (a) hair
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
and yet; though; when; in spite of
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to demand money; to pester; to extort
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to untangle; to untwine; to get back together (with a former partner)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except