hitting a ball; batting; stroke
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
1 kin (approx. 0.6kg); 1 loaf of bread
chopping board; cutting board
trivial; not amounting to much
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
aging; wearing out; deterioration
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
that is to say; so that means
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
inheritance; something given or received
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
thought; consideration; thinking
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
accurate; correct; precise; exact
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles