both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
(written) contract; agreement
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
famous utensil; excellent utensil; famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; excellent vagina; formidable vulva
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
persistence; single-mindedness
exclusive; attached to; specialist
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
marshy rice field or paddy
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
way of speaking; intimation
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject