worried look; concerned expression
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
fear; dread; fright; willies
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
the king and his feudal lords
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land
bearing; heading; point of the compass
fortune-telling; divination
speaking of ...; as for ...
to badger; to pester; to beg
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
start broaching (a subject); opening remark; event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar; opening a sealed jar or container
(United States of) America; USA
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
coralberry (Ardisia crenata)
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
being neglected by the world; being denied one's deserved recognition and status
a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
although; though; despite the fact that ...
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)