good performance; good work; great success
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
of course; certainly; naturally
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
while; even though; despite
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)