ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to peel; to skin; to pare
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Toyama (city, prefecture)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
release of captive animals (birds, fish, etc.)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
by sheer strength; by brute force
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
monjayaki; dish of pan-fried batter with various fillings
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
there; over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
samurai for the shogunate
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
store; reserve; stock; savings