raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
organization; organisation; forming
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
that's the way it is; such is life
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
bakery; baker; pastry shop
to behave well (of a child)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
first generation; founder
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
isonicotinic acid hydrazide; INAH