something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
that kind; competition; match
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
monetary offering; offertory
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
new store; newly-opened store
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
making a living; means of living; livelihood
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
drapery (e.g. cotton, hemp, etc., as opposed to silk); cloth
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
to have an eye on; to zero in on
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
fertile shoot of field horsetail
four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all