management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to mix; to stir; to blend
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
that is to say; so that means
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to suppress one's emotions
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
training; drill; practice; discipline
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
professional killer; hit man
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
such; like that; that sort of; very
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
loveable; very likeable; like very much
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
totally willing; fully motivated
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
than; from; out of; except; but; more