to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
correction; revision; amendment
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
pronunciation; production of sound
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to correct oneself; to restate
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
fate; destiny; predestination
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to torment; to torture; to harass
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
(courteous) invitation; call
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")