small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack
to grumble about something (trivial)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
martial arts school situated in a town
such ... as; or some such
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
losing weight; slimming; lean person
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling