to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
national border; provincial border
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
business discussion; negotiation
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to have the privilege of doing
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
cooperation; collaboration
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
as many (people) as possible
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration