allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
adds force or indicates command
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
late at night; small hours of the morning
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
difficult to ...; hard to ...
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
kitchen; financial situation
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately