floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
dealing with; coping with
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
if you think about it; come to think of it
number one; first; best; most; game; round
genuine article; real thing; real deal
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
coexistence; living together
practice; practising; experience
just a minute; small quantity
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to manage something successfully; to be successful
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange