to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
to be charged with electricity
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
information; experience; knowledge; observation
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
manuscript; version; draft
(act of) violence; vicious crime; murder
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to drop; to let fall; to omit
whether or not; presence or absence
tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer); night-soil reservoir; cesspool; cesspit
gambling den; gambling house
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to overflow from something full
to crouch; to squat; to cower
excretion; discharge; excrement
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent