hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
late at night; deep in the night
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to leave of one's own accord
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
yearned for; longed for; missed
outward appearance; apparent
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to get change back; to be more than enough
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
involuntary manslaughter; accidental homicide
imprisonment; incarceration
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
without permission; without notice
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)