to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to badger; to pester; to beg
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
starvation; famine; hunger
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to strike out; to start swimming
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to wander; to roam from place to place
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
revenge; retaliation; requital (for a kind act); return (of a favour); reply; answer
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
accomplishment; execution
biological child; one's own child
retainer; vassal; follower
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable stand (idly) by; to be unable to look on with indifference; to be unable to remain a mere spectator
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)