to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
to perceive; to understand
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
waste of time; killing time
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
Japanese person; Japanese people
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?