trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
surely (not); certainly (not)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
buying the services of a prostitute; whoring
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
real situations; personal consideration; private circumstances; favoritism; favouritism
middle of the night; dead of night
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis