to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
trauma (usu. psychological)
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
having sociable manners; sociable
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
annual (plant); first-year student
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
second-year student; biennial
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be widely recognized; to be famous
to have a rumor circulating
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
briskly; quickly; promptly
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
association of like-minded people
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
way of speaking; intimation
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity