to boost; to force up; to push up
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
most part; greater part; majority
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
space (room, area, outer space)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but