favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
party; set; gang; company; person
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
machine parts; machinery; equipment
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; ceaseless
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
beauty contest to name Miss ...
half and half; fifty-fifty
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
very good luck; excellent fortune
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
dull sound; muffled sound
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
investment; contribution; financing
bank; banking institution
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull