sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
while alive; during one's lifetime
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to pass (of time); to elapse
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...