to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to polish up; to shine up
fate; chance; relationship; tie
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
family; members of a family
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia
one day; (on) a certain day
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
Island; insula; island; islet
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
in one's own way or style
to help each other; to cooperate
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
parting; separation; farewell
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer