vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
odds and ends; all; every
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
if so; in that case; in that situation
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to strike dead; to beat to death
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to head home; to leave for home
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
district; section; sector
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that