what's the matter?; what's wrong?
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to go ahead; to pull ahead
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
signs of human habitation
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
upper end; top; tip; top edge
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
dark reddish-brown; liver color
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
long (time); protracted; prolonged
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
Edo-period inspection of rice plants
terminus; terminal; end edge
right under; directly below; right beneath
principle; theory; fundamental truth