right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
long ago; a long time ago; already
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
all; entire; whole; altogether
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
the same generation; coeval
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
enumeration; citation; listing
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
while; even though; despite
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course