shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
thicket; coppice; brushwood
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to be smeared; to be covered
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
quite; utterly; really; completely
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
to appear rustic; to become countrified
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)