to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
youthful; young; young-looking
speech; expression; wording; language
traveler; traveller; stranger
having weak legs; slow walker
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to lose one's way; to go astray
quite; utterly; really; completely
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to leave; to withdraw; to appear before; to present oneself
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to make an appearance; to show up
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
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
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
first hot bath on New Year's Day
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
round straw mat; sitting in a circle
to relax; to feel at home
even if not; even without
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
even if nothing else; more than anything else
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo-period punishment)
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
your husband; her husband
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
trouble; bother; annoyance