happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
such; this sort of; like this
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
thousand years; very long period; forever
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
lately; recently; nowadays
state of the war; war situation
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption