middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
calendar making; number of years; one's fate; the year
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
if so; in that case; then
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
that; the matter in question
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to shut (someone) out; to leave out; to freeze out; to exclude; to ostracize; to give the cold shoulder
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
large area; (lit.) four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
birth date; date of birth; DOB
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy