all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
rice reaping; rice harvesting
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
crossroads; crossing; intersection; street
stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
just because; even if; even though
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
counterfeit (paper) money; counterfeit bill; counterfeit note
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
wastepaper basket; wastebasket
very rich person; the super rich
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
daily allowance; daily wages
making a fuss (about nothing); brouhaha
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
though; even if; whether ... or ...
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
work; business; company; study