to subsist; to keep on living
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
fatal accident; deadly accident
to be excited; to be elated
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
laughing foolishly; cackling
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
such; this sort of; like this
magic; sorcery; incantation
curse; spell; malediction
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
value; worth; virtue; blessing
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
whispering; murmuring; subdued