room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
entry; approach; penetration
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
should; must; -able; probably; likely
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
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?
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
document; official papers
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
notes; comment; remark; annotation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn