there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
for the first time in one's life
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
in person; personally; directly
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
daimyo's main Edo mansion
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
several years; a few years
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to preserve; to save; to put in; to lay in
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
blackmail; extortion; coercion
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
meaning; significance; sense
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
(political) power; authority; influence
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate