to be hot on a person's heels
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(medical) doctor; physician
to hold or operate with one's hands; to handle; to find difficult to manage
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
strong; resolute; firm; strict
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to lose sight of; to miss
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to lead (a man) around by the nose
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric