to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
major cleanup; spring cleaning
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
special training; intensive training; crash course
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
older employee who does not have much actual work
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river