hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
imperial decree; imperial edict
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
every place; various places
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
those (near the second person)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to blow through; to blow across
difficult to ...; hard to ...
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
level ground; plain; flatland
here and there; in places
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air