occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
due form; official; formality
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to strip; to peel; to tear off
messenger; envoy; emissary
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
oily (face, hair, food, etc.); persistent (person, personality, etc.); insistent
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
at least; at most; (even) just
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on