often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
future (usually near); prospects
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
counter for generations; epoch
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
mountain climbing; mountaineering
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
cluster of trees; grove; thicket