charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
have to do; must; should; ought to
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
much less; to say nothing of
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
a few years ago; some years back
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
that's the way it is; such is life
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
several years; a few years
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
disorder; confusion; disturbance (of order, peace, etc.); corruption (e.g. of public morals)
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
author; writer; novelist; artist
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer