number one; first; best; most; game; round
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
how many years; how long; what year
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
common people; ordinary people; masses
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
agricultural community; farm village; rural
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
kitchen; financial situation
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
moment to quit; way to quit
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes