to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
sudden drop; precipitous slope
not a little; not a few; considerable
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
hand net; dip net; scoop net
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
time; hour; season; time of the year
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
bedridden; confined to bed
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
low tone; bass; low voice
high-pitched tone; soprano
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
pulsation; pulsatory motion
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
I have nothing to do with it
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant