rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
honorific/polite/humble prefix
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to beat to death; to kill
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of