greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to call out; to ask someone to come
here and there; in places
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
(arch.) female slave; female servant; housemaid
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste