interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
sense of duty (obligation)
having gone too far to turn back
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
what number (in a sequence); what rank
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
accursed; damned; blasted
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
on the occasion of; at the time of
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
stomach ache; abdominal pain
to stop (plug) one's ears
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening