before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
custom; habit; customary practice
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
doing whatever one pleases
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
true character; true heart; true spirit
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
correction; rectification; mending; repair
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
dull sound; muffled sound
to crouch; to squat; to cower
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside