to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
all present; all concerned; all of us
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(small crunchy) dried sardines
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
and yet; though; when; in spite of
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to demand money; to pester; to extort
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to get back together (with a former partner)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
as a child; when one was a child