coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
please; somehow or other; one way or another
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
now; the present time; just now; another; more
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)