welcoming honored guests (esp. from overseas)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
body; group; party; company; troupe
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
head; lead; vanguard; first
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
to entrust; to leave to a person
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
man; male; masculine gender
two persons; two people; pair; couple
polite; respectful; reverent
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
woman; female; feminine gender
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
this occasion; at this time; now
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to say; to be called; to do
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)