large amount of money; great cost
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
when it comes to ...; as for ...
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
geta for wear in dry weather
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
footwear; footgear; shoes
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
patient; unhurried; leisurely
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)