circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to detain; to check; to restrain
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
to get strong; to gain strength
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
instant; moment; for an instant
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
episode; anecdote; vignette
preparation; arrangements
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
waste of time; killing time
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
periodic; regular; routine
to invite in; to show someone in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
vague recollection; faint memory
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
funny story; funny anecdote
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
failure story; horror story
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray