scooping loaches; catching loach in a net; loach-catching dance
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
photography; taking photographs
to become fraught with emotion
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
constitution; rules; regulation
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
outside order; outsourcing; custom (manufacture)
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
early arrival (at work); reporting early for work; taking an early shift; leaving the house early in the morning (to go to work)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to torment; to harass; to tease
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
routine work; everyday work