monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
you; (arch.) your residence
one evening; some evenings
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to order; to command; to appoint
by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
to order; to command; to appoint
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
odor-resistant; odour-resistant
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth