normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
two persons; two people; pair; couple
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
relation; connection; relevance
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
counter for books; volume
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
wherein; therein; thereinto
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
illustration (e.g. book); picture
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to read smoothly; to skim