even if; even though; however; no matter how
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
audience; spectator; spectators
report of death; notification of a death
death in madness; dying insane
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to be mad; to go mad; to go insane
feeling; sense; impression
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
optimist; easy-going person
but; however; provided that