everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
this is why; this means; it is the case that
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to sink (into); to get depressed
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
to be entwined; to be involved
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
in that way; thus; so; so?
though; notwithstanding; although
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
such; this sort of; like this
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
arrogant; haughty; insolent
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
sympathy; compassion; pity
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)