very long period; forever; eight thousand years
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
all over; all over the place; everywhere
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
small apartment rented by the week
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
last week; the week before
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
sobriety; soberness; sober face
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)