to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
myself; yourself; I; me; you
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
something; some kind of; for some reason
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
every year; yearly; annually
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
tenement house; row house
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
such; this sort of; like this
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case