youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to employ; to hire; to charter
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
even if; even though; however; no matter how
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
to be needed; to be wanted
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
go that far; to that extent
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
that's the way it is; such is life
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she