shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
nightlife districts; drinking districts
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
neighbouring house; neighboring house
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
little finger; pinky; little toe
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
old friend; old acquaintance
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
leaving everything up to someone else
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
drink money; drinking money
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
at your own discretion; as you see fit
entreaty; supplication; petition