strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
prickling; stinging; tingling
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
night duty; night shift; night work
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
surpassing everything; better than anything; to be better than anything
no sleep or rest; working day and night
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
way of talking; speaking style
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to leap back; to jump back
to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
titubation; shaking; swinging