to overflow; to brim over; to flood
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
wet nurse; nursing mother
considerably; greatly; a lot
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
connection; link; relationship
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
that's the way it is; such is life
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
price; cost; value; worth; value
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
honor and-or shame (honour)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
righteousness; justice; right
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
oozily; seeping out; very damply; humidly
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to praise (someone of lower status); to extol; to applaud; to esteem
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses