circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
royal capital; imperial capital
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
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
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
just because; even if; even though
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
thorough; exhaustive; complete
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
again; once more; a second time
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
when it becomes; when it comes to
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event