windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to repeat; to be frequent
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to knock down; to knock off
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
tool; implement; means; furniture
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
shime-waza (judo stranglehold)
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
two classes; double; two sets
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to mix; to stir; to blend
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
general public; the masses
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
fragment; one of the group or party
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
pale; pallid; bluish-white