step; stride; counter for steps
stepping back; drawing back
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
having said that; be that as it may
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
questionnaire; survey; poll
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
preliminary arrangements; spade work
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)