status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
consideration; taking into account
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
now that; since; so long as; because
to be in danger of; to be liable to
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
obeying meekly; faithfully following (one's master)
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
one season; one year (esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment)
half-year (sometimes esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment); half of a season
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
returning to military duty
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
Japanese-style writing desk
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in