steady; firm; solid; secure
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
yearned for; longed for; missed
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to speak; to say; to vocalize
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
footboard; gangplank; scaffolding board
a pair (of shoes or socks)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
older sister; elder sister
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
reason; cause; circumstances
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
(Edo-period inn) maidservant
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke