floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
second-year student; biennial
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
thought; consideration; thinking
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to have a talk; to tell a story
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
school building; schoolhouse
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
scenery; scene; landscape
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)