great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
image; figure; figure; form; image
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
every person; every mouth; every entrance
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
beforehand; in advance; previously
to complain; to make a complaint
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to relax; to feel at home
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
kitchen; financial situation
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
what's what; heads or tails
every evening; night after night
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
stationing (troops); occupancy
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to add (to); to add on; to append
to feel gloomy; to have doubts (e.g. about the future); to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to devour; to bite to death
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice