embankment made of earth; bank; levee
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
water's edge; beach; shore
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
directly; in person; firsthand
terrain; geographical features; topography
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
lipped bowl; one side of a story or argument
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
wrong; different; not like that
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to shake one's head (in denial)
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
family; members of a family
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
un-; non-; negative prefix
excessive envy (of somebody in much the same position as oneself); (lit.) envy of a leper's pockmarks
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax