to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
such; like that; that sort of; very
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case