low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to be away from home; to be out of the house
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
government official; clerk
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
cabinet (of a government); ministry
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
pulling; stretching; tension
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
concern; solicitude; consideration
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock