girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
immediately; right away; on the spot
equivalence; equality; being of equal value; having equal worth
to talk (a person) down; to confute
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
entreaty; appeal; petition
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
how many years; how long; what year
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
one day; (on) a certain day
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
unexpectedly; surprisingly
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
outsider; someone outside of a group
interference; meddling; butting in