town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
living; lifestyle; living room
(made of) stone; stone-built
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
woman; female; feminine gender
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
again; once more; a second time
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to discuss; to talk together
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
about; on; regarding; per; for every