ability that outdoes (shames) professionals
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
clashing of swords; fight; brawl; scuffle
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
small plank; piece of wood
firing in rapid succession; volley of shots
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to gust; to blow violently
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
stoning; rock fight; stone-throwing fight; custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night
depends entirely on; depends above all on
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
impertinent; impudent; saucy; cheeky
to become greasy; to be oil-stained
shredded tobacco; pipe tobacco
wrapped offering (of money)
to put on flesh; to get fat; to gain weight
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
ordinary person; untitled individual
to return fire; to shoot back
receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
iron mask (worn by samurai)
long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
wintering; passing the winter