rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
income; receipts; revenue
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
a married woman's paramour; lover
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
not a little; not a few; considerable
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
ophthalmologist; eye specialist
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
convenient; handy; useful
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
to brave a danger; to take a risk
along the way; along the road
censorship; inspection; examination
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
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