poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to scuttle off; to take flight
have to do; must; should; ought to
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
all (there is); as long as there is
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
all night; throughout the night
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
reinforcement; strengthening
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)