big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
originally; by nature; from the start
wages; pay; rental payment
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
environment; circumstance
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to be discouraged; to shrink from
decision; determination; resolution
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
something like ...; something called ...
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
naturally; of course; understandably
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
refining; refinement; smelting; training
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to withstand; to be able to endure
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency