rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
to drive someone out; to force someone to leave
game; pastime; recreation; diversion
if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; (lit.) if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; mutual back-scratching
precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
(at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch
to become intimate with (e.g. a woman); to become acquainted
accompanying note; postscript
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon
Ninpei era (1151.1.26-1154.10.28)
prickly heat; heat rash; miliaria
to be conspicuous; to attract public attention
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears
to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
crucial; key; most important; main (point)