ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
smuggling; contraband trade
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
revival; restoration; resuscitation
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all