being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
setting sail; departure (from a port)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
valve (of the heart and the veins)
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to die; (lit.) to become earth
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel