bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
memory; sense; experience
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
soldier; combatant; warrior
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
program (e.g. TV); programme
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
production (e.g. play); direction
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo