professor; teaching; instruction
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
how; in what way; by what means
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
time; hour; period; class
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to thrust down; to push off
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
no!; no no!; no, not at all
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
after that; afterwards; thereafter
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous