climbing a tower; going up a tall building; visiting a brothel
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
sensual love; love affair
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
second day of the month; two days
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
and yet; though; when; in spite of
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
difficult to ...; hard to ...
chair; stool; post; office; position
fool; twit; idiot; (arch.) unpleasant customer
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
vegetables pickled in sake lees
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
clanging; empty; deserted
officially sanctioned brothel (Edo-period)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
the last day of the year; New Year's Eve
natural calamity; disaster
war; fighting; fierce competition
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart