older brother; elder brother
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
myself; yourself; I; me; you
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
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
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...