splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
book; volume; this; present; main; head
family; members of a family
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
as a child; when one was a child
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
many; numerous; various; large number of
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
memories; recollections; reminiscence
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
don't you think?; indicates question
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to pick up; to find; to gather
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be worried; to be troubled