advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
(period of) a year; during an era
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
the whole day; all the day
relatively; comparatively
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
school district; school area
primary school; elementary school; grade school
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
Christian name; baptismal name
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
godparent; first person to give something its name
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
(medical) doctor; physician
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by