origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
moderate faction; moderates
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
ago; since; before; previous
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind
indeed; really; truly; very much
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
place; room; margin; scope
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to be worried; to be troubled
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to spit out; to eject; to dump
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of