to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
contrary to one's expectations
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
only; merely; but; no more than
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
stir-fry of pork liver and garlic chives
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
alteration; falsification; faking