hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to follow another's example
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to amuse oneself; to make merry
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)