common people; ordinary people; masses
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
should; must; -able; probably; likely
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
not caring; not giving a damn
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
(something) fickle; (something) very changeable
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
surrounding at a distance
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
almost; roughly; approximately
to become empty; to be emptied
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
shah; former ruler of Iran
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
fishing; collecting shells; fisherman
to face; to go towards; to head towards