nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
fine weather; fair weather
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
failure; mistake; blunder
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
in comparison to; rather than
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
looking on (somebody) as hostile
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
according to plan; as planned; on target
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh