here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
pupil; student; schoolchild
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
(committee) chairman; president
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
feeling; sense; impression
newly appointed; inaugural
woman; female; feminine gender
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
educator; teacher; educationalist
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
of course; certainly; naturally
that's the way it is; such is life
hearing; audible sound; rumour; rumor; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
considerably; fairly; quite
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to be conspicuous; to stand out
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
such; this sort of; like this