ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
festival; feast; carnival
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
oracle; revelation; divine message
fortune-telling; divination
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
zest for living; energy to live
to stare back at; to look back at
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
prior investment; upfront investment
any more; any further; any better; any longer
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
economic condition; economic circumstances; financial situation
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
cost of one's food; one's board
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to take; to catch; to capture
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to have a rumor circulating
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
partly puffed up; bubblingly
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity