preface; introduction; preamble
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
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
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
mature woman; middle-aged woman
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience