driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
river surface; surface of a river
holding a position of responsibility; person holding a responsible position; managerial position
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
for dear life; barely escaping alive
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
imprisonment; incarceration