wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
honorific/polite/humble prefix
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
storehouse; warehouse; godown
such ... as; or some such
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to be reminded of; to call to mind
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
feeling; sense; impression
don't you think?; indicates question
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
place; situation; position; location
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
scale; scope; plan; structure
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into