to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
ferry landing; point of departure or arrival for ferries
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
acting as go-between; good offices
papermaking; paper-making; paper making
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for