scenery; scene; landscape
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
coldhearted; pitiless; merciless; heartless
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
I wonder if it is not (something, a thing)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to balance; to counterpoise; to remain unchanged; to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to sit down; to take a seat
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)