with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
southern part; the south (of a region)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to drop; to let fall; to omit
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to pick up; to find; to gather
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
honor; honour; credit; prestige
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
to be smeared; to be covered
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start