trade; business; occupation; profession; job
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
such ... as; or some such
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
had better ...; had better not ...
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time