basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
in comparison to; rather than
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
older brother; elder brother
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
unseasonable; out of season
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
turn of fortune; twist of fate
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be cleared of a charge
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
one's native country; land of one's birth
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext