level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
rising; ascending; climbing
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
to feel; to sense; to experience
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to recall; to remember; to recollect
I see; that's right; indeed
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
health; healthy; sound; fit
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
(the art of) storytelling
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
personal; individual; private
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
in spite of; regardless of
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
for example; for instance; e.g.
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o