(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
thinking back now; looking back
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
villain; baddie; the villain's part
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
number one; first; best; most; game; round
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
to say; to be pleased to say
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
drama; play; powerful drug
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)