relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
right beside; close to; nearby
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
addition; annexation; appendage
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
library (usu. single-room); small library
collection of books; (personal) library
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with