soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
carelessness; clumsiness; blunder; mistake; being no good at drinking and entertaining
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
society; the world; the times
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
way; method; means; resource; course