meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
(how) many times; (how) often
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer); final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar
middle of the night; dead of night
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to frolic about; to mess around
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
particularly; only; in the case of
looking or acting as if one owned the place
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
dry riverbed; river beach