Sugita Genpaku (1733-1817)
rice field used to grow wheat
communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people
head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
isn't it; right?; you know?
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
cardiopulmonary arrest; showing no vital signs
to develop into a serious incident
harassment (esp. in workplace); bullying; discrimination
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
such a thing; something like that
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
fresh wound; fresh bruise
will not do; do not; does not
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
so; to such an extent; such
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
ahead; before; the future
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating