job; work; duties; trade; skill
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
moneylending; moneylender
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
March; third month of the lunar calendar
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to squash; to crush; to flatten
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something