sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
asking would be rude; tasteless question
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to sell at a loss; to sell cheaply; to sell off; to dispose (of)
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
originally; by nature; from the start
chasing after women; womanizing
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
had better ...; had better not ...
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
family which supports a temple; parishioner
without; but if; otherwise; or else