to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
bleary eyes; drunken eyes
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
this world; this life; world of the living
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
tottering steps; drunken staggering
remainder; the rest; what is left
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
to dance all night; to dance until dawn
entreaty; imploring; begging; spoken portion of a song; oral recitation
characteristic way of speaking
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
determination; resolution
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate