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
(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
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
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
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)
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
bedridden; confined to bed
pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)