considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
practice; practising; training; study
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
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
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
master; teacher; stable master
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
to boil; to decoct; to infuse