financial difficulty; distress
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
stagnation; hindrance; delay
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
mistress; lover; prostitute
(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
bringing; taking; carrying
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to entertain; to make welcome
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
sunset; evening bell; vespers bell
to be needed; to be wanted
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
single word; a few words; brief comment
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
small and of mediocre talent