gasping; breathing heavily
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
having an ancient and honorable origin
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
tenement house; row house
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
the deceased; the departed
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
first generation; founder
theatre; theater; playhouse
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
latest (fashion, hairstyle, etc.); up-to-date
change; alteration; modification
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
longevity stone (gemstone that gives its bearer long life)
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance