round and cute (esp. of eyes)
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
(some) more; even more; longer; further
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
wish; desire; request; prayer
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
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.)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
nothing but; except; no more than
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible