story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
sightseer; spectator; viewer
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
100,000; hundred thousand
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
compensating; making up for; supplementation
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
level; standard; water level
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be at a loss for words
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...