unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
counter for books; volume
client list; customer list
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
general idea; concept; notion
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
carnivore; carnivorous animal
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
job; work; duties; trade; skill
system; institution; organization; organisation
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
goodness; excellence; virtue
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
pulsation; pulsatory motion
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like