movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
one's repertoire of pitches; balls at hand (in pachinko)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
one or two; a few; small number
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
1000 ri; (a) long distance
acrobatics; risky undertaking
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
in the mountains; among the mountains
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
dull; stupid; thickheaded; slow; sluggish
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
seeing in the dark; night vision
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
to plead; to urge; to pester; to beg; to badger; to complain
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
coming from neighboring districts (of goods or produce); provincial merchant; local trader; local hoodlum; street tough
lover; mistress; kept woman
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at