outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
right after coming out; just graduated
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
cooperation; collaboration
please (give me); please (do for me)
training; drill; practice; discipline
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
several years; a few years
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in