(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
making money; making a profit
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
support; backing; aid; assistance
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
many; numerous; various; large number of
to have a meal; to take a meal
to put into the mouth; to eat
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
long-running (TV, radio) program
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to be dead; to be lifeless
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
to be too numerous; to be too much
destruction; collapse; crumbling
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
to be palatable; to suit one's taste