to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
reaction; response; reaction
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
indeed; really; truly; very much
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
close; intimate; on good terms
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
innumerable; countless; numberless
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
river; stream; River; the ... river
relatively; comparatively
to talk; to chat; to chatter
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut