two persons; two people; pair; couple
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
imagination; supposition; guess
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
myself; yourself; I; me; you
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
school building; schoolhouse
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to recall; to remember; to recollect
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
pupil; student; schoolchild
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!