the deceased; deaths; persons killed
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
back country; remote countryside
being trapped (and having no way out); withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship; house arrest (Edo period)
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.); communicating; (verbal) message; word (from someone); tradition; folklore
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
warning line; police cordon
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
elementary; basic; rudimentary
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
best regards; please take care of; please do
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
postponement; moving to a later date
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
unless one ...; if one does not ...