was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to go to; to visit; to call on
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to order; to command; to appoint
strongish; somewhat strong
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
Island; insula; island; islet
moment by moment; hour by hour
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
postponement; deferment; adjournment
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
being owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to be appointed to a post; to assume office