from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
charm; incantation; spell; curse
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
lower region; lower part; region below
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
(made of) stone; stone-built
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to continue to rain or snow
suggestion; hint; implication
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
great emperor; ... the Great
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other