to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
this world; this life; world of the living
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
tedious; boring; being fed up with
grudge; malice; intention; disposition; obstinacy; reason
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); henchman; follower
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
mouth of a river; lower stream
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
stingy; cheap; very frugal
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)