what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
it's been a long time; long time no see
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
participation; joining; entry
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to leave (a scene); to step away
long (time that has passed); old (story)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly