for a while; for some time; for a period
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to get out of bed; to show a leg
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
way of the sword; swordsmanship
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)