painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Japanese-style confectionary store
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
please (give me); please (do for me)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
sincere; earnest; serious
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
remaining; left-over; excess
at least; at most; (even) just
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to cease; to stop; to be over
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...