long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
corridor; hallway; passageway
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to bury; to embed; to implant
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
overall; general; as a whole
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
that is to say; so that means
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
every person; each one; everybody
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme