clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
failure; mistake; blunder
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
how many years; how long; what year
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
accurate; correct; precise; exact
grasp; catch; understanding
thought; consideration; thinking
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
love potion; philter; aphrodisiac
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on