calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
grandfather; male senior-citizen
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
January; first month of the lunar calendar
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
well; properly; often; how (could you); why (would you)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to trample flat; to beat a path
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river