essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
misfortunes never come singly
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
two grains; two drops; two bead
seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
headship of a family; family property
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to fall ill; to be taken ill
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
magistrate; shogunate administrator
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot boss
having sociable manners; sociable
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
linking; linkage; associating (information); connecting
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
exception; exclusion; to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product)
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do