entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
myself; yourself; I; me; you
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound