partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
our country; our land; one's own country
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
stationery shop; a stationer
younger people; future generations
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell
for dear life; barely escaping alive
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
manner of using one's hands
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)
to arrange (flowers); to plant
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
casting; founding; minting
barrier-free; planning or design to facilitate accessibility for the elderly and disabled
two-family house; house for a two-generation family
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
spirit power; magical power