today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(social) position; status
suffix for familiar person
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
second day of the month; two days
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
rest; break; recess; intermission
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage