when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
standard; set; routine; decided
to complain; to make a complaint
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
son of a bitch; piece of shit
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
corridor; hallway; passageway
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
(not) even once; (not) ever
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook