front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
(economic) depression; recession; slump
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
to throw oneself (into an activity)
thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously
with a friendly grin; smilingly
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
midsummer; height of summer
bathing; going in the bath
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)