passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
danger; peril; hazard; risk
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
time; hour; period; class
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
attached document; attachment; insert; package insert (medical)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
number one; first; best; most; game; round
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
indeed; really; truly; very much
married woman; woman; lady
reality; actuality; hard fact
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
individual; private person; personal; private
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
disorder; disturbance; unrest
epileptic seizure; epileptic fit
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
changing clothes; change of clothes
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river