substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
being drawn to something one loves; amorous passion; Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
well-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
yearned for; longed for; missed
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to go out and away; to leave
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
how many months?; how long?
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
muffler (often fur); scarf; comforter
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
very likely; very probable
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
heir; inheritor; successor
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
prefix for forming ordinal numbers