painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
place; situation; position; location
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair