without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
calamity; misfortune; disaster
paste; glue; clothing starch
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
large amount of money; great cost
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
the other day; lately; recently
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
fast asleep; dead to the world
gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma
afterlife; for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
unkindness; inhumanity; heartlessness
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo-period punishment)
object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
to succeed; to bear fruit
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
urgency; exigency; emergency
messenger; envoy; emissary
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much