endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
remedial measure; countermeasure; counter-measure; relief measure; remedy
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to underrate; to make light of
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
two times; twice; two degrees
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
river; stream; River; the ... river
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
member of shogun's council of elders
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)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
fifth day of the month; five days
council; conference; consultation
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
third day of the month; three days
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
than; from; out of; except; but; more
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate