becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
at that time; in those days
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
tenement house; row house
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
practice; practising; training; study
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
going to and fro; back and forth
that's right; yes; uh-huh
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
master; teacher; stable master
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
the place for; the time for; the level of
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling