to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
evening; night; nighttime
to say; to be called; to do
during a telephone call; busy line
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
in that manner; like that
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be