trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
woman; female; feminine gender
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
back street; back alley; off-street
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to chase; to run after; to pursue
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
municipal railway; city streetcar; tram
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
no, not like that (but like this)
suffix for familiar person
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
hey there; I say; see here
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
master; teacher; stable master
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry