from afar; over a great distance; all the way
packhorse; workhorse; hack
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
good performance; good work; great success
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
drop (e.g. of water); drip
tedious; boring; being fed up with
settlement; solution; resolution
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
opportunity; chance; time; occasion