tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
stairs; stairway; staircase
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to speak; to hear a voice
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
in that way; like that; that way
to talk; to chat; to chatter