trouble; bother; annoyance
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
stepping back; drawing back
resting at times; with careful thought; after proper consideration
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
prescription bag; pharmacy bag; small bottle for carrying gunpowder
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
chasing after women; womanizing
news of someone's death; obituary
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
will; testament; last request
while alive; during one's lifetime
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to put on airs; to assume importance
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
death (and entering the hereafter)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
gem; jewel; precious stone
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing