maid; helper; help; assistance
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
cooperation; collaboration
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
while; even though; despite
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue