acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
world; society; people; the public
professional gambler; gamester
petty underling; small fry
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
such ... as; or some such
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
the same rank; equality; apposition
financier; lender; financial backer; gambling boss; head of a gambling house
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to complete decisively; to do to completion
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
loafer; free-loader; tramp; unemployed person
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
daily allowance; daily wages
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
samurai attached to a daimyo
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)