cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
street stall; stand; booth
karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
carving; engraving; chiselled features
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
thicket; coppice; brushwood
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
father; dad; husband; you; he
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to lose heart; to lose motivation
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
shipping industry; marine transport
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
living necessities; everyday commodities; daily commodities; everyday goods; subsistence goods
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
the breakup (dispersal) of a family
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
farming; agriculture; cultivation
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
valuable article; valuables