affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
way; method; means; resource; course
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to take; to catch; to capture
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
snake; serpent; large snake
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
second (unit of time); arc second