to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
a laughingstock; a standing joke
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(verbal) abuse; abusive language
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
sofa; couch; lounge chair
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
fine weather; splendid weather
weather; fair weather; fine weather
with a friendly grin; smilingly
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
such; like that; that sort of
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
popular person; favorite; favourite
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene; enthusiasts
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient