poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
tenement house; row house
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
family; members of a family
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia
one day; (on) a certain day
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
Island; insula; island; islet
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
that; the matter in question
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think