space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
round, wooden container for cooked rice
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
neighbor with just a wall between; neighbour with just a wall between
sympathy; compassion; pity
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to care for someone; to look after someone
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore
bedside; near one's pillow
this or that person; anybody; many people
remedial measure; countermeasure; counter-measure; relief measure; remedy
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
spare time; free time; leisure
feeling; sense; impression
throwing in; tossing in; insert (in a newspaper, book, etc.); free-style flower arrangement
free (of charge); gratuitous
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
don't you think?; indicates question
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion