contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to count on one's fingers
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
all times and places; all ages and countries
storehouse; warehouse; godown
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
preface; introduction; preamble
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
talk; recital; narration; topic
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
entirely; completely; all; nothing but