endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
wedded life; married life
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
instant; moment; for an instant
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
why; how; for what reason
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend