often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
clearing one's throat; cough
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
flour; meal; powder; dust
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
eruption; volcanic eruption
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to look around; to survey
only; merely; but; no more than
sixth day of the month; six days
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to go out and away; to leave
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well