stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to harm; to cause harm to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
leaving everything up to someone else
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
settlement; solution; resolution
present (brought by a visitor); gift
and; thereupon; because of that
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
understanding; comprehension
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
early on; earlier on; from early
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
this (very thing); this precisely
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
origin; source; exit; point of departure; time to take action
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
father; dad; husband; you; he