compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
this world; this life; world of the living
ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac
by myself; in person; by oneself
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
drifting; drift; being adrift
wandering people; nomadic tribe
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to subsist; to keep on living
custom; habit; customary practice
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
with all one's strength; with all one's might
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
ritual; religious service; festival
collection of short Heian period tales in the form of poems
(religious) faith; belief; creed
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
personal feelings; self-interest
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
until now; so far; up to the present
lump together; put all together
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted