five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
please (give me); please (do for me)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be surprised; to be astonished
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
place; situation; position; location
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
without permission; without notice
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
please; somehow or other; one way or another
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
confidentially; privately; off the record
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
failure; mistake; blunder
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up