to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
to increase; to add to; to augment
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
way; course; the only way
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
waste; lavish spending; dissipation
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
monopoly system; government monopoly
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
the future; future prospects
waste of time; killing time
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
the way one works; one's working manner
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
society; the world; the times
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)