web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
just one person; only one
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
incident; affair; happening; event
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to entrust; to leave to a person
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
when; how soon; how long until
sidelocks; hair at the temples
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else