straight-laced person; stubborn person
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
large container; person of great talent
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
a wonder lasts but nine days; (lit.) gossip lasts just 75 days
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
duty; function; office; mission; task
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to help each other; to cooperate
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty