floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
instead; but (on the other hand)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
when it becomes; when it comes to
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
around the world; throughout the world
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
shade; shadow; sunshine; sunlight
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible