to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
such; this sort of; like this
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be helpful; to be useful
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to turn towards; to point
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
preparation; arrangements
consequence; outcome; result; blame
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)