to fall on one's backside
discrimination; discernment; identification
handbrake; parking brake; emergency brake
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
horse tack; horse gear; harness
physical work; manual labour (labor)
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
setting on fire; setting afire
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
local specialty; special product (of a region)
untouched; unused; intact
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
by sheer strength; by brute force
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to ask a question; to ask questions
price increase; rise in price
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
back street; back alley; slums
smoothly; easily; readily
to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)
(Japanese-style) undershirt worn under nagajuban
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency