being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
that's the way it is; such is life
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
a little bit; a little while
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
to look around; to survey
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass