explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
one's later years; final years (in life)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
fixed date; appointed day
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
weather forecast; weather report
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to go out and away; to leave
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to change (one's clothes)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
sentiment; sentimentality
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...