soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
old man; venerable gentleman
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
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)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
society; the world; the times
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon