to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
of course; certainly; naturally
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
how long; how far; how much
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
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
with a great deal of effort; laboriously
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
private affairs; personal matter
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
such ... as; or some such
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
reality; actuality; hard fact
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to come to one's senses; to calm down
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
attractive male voice; sexy male voice