pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
don't worry about it; forget about it
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all