to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
for today; for the time being
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
quarrel; dispute; argument
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
treasure chest; strongbox
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside