facing north; northern exposure
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
manner of using one's hands
calls and sounds made by insects
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period)
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
very much; exceedingly; extremely
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
business; errand; nature of one's business
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
long talk; long-winded speech
to be worried; to be troubled
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
in that way; like that; that way
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
escape from evil; exorcism
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one