until now; so far; up to the present
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
world; society; people; the public
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
thereupon; shortly thereafter
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
being very busy; busyness
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
such; like that; that sort of; very
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to subsist; to keep on living
incident; affair; happening; event
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in