alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
business trip; official trip
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
but; however; provided that
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
to run out (e.g. of the room)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
to take; to catch; to capture
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl