very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
chair; stool; post; office; position
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
suffix for familiar person
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to talk; to chat; to chatter
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
perfect; complete; flawless
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn