spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
finding employment; getting a job
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to subsist; to keep on living
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to be too numerous; to be too much
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness