to accumulate merit; to make merit
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
day and night; around the clock
incessant working; working non-stop
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
votive picture (originally of horse)
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
a Buddha; deceased person
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
moneylending; moneylender
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to overdo; to do too much
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)