to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
source of worry; source of distress
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
people; men and women; each person; everybody
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
underground (film, theater, etc.); unconventional; alternative; underground (economy, press, etc.); unofficial; illegal
rubbish heap; garbage dump
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
street stall; stand; booth
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to come and go; to go back and forth
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
man; male; masculine gender
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
main street; avenue; boulevard
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality