riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
timidity; cowardliness; (lit.) courage of a flea
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
to be worn out (from domestic life)
since when; from when; how long
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)
spring water; clear (pure) water
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
(licensed) red light district
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute