to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
alley; alleyway; bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
such a thing; something like that
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
to be factually incorrect; to differ from the actual facts; to not be the case
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond