even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
school building; schoolhouse
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
corridor; hallway; passageway
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
only recently; just of late
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
stairs; stairway; staircase
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
covert action; covert operations
feeling; sense; impression
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
thereupon; shortly thereafter