to send for (doctor, etc.)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
a neighbour is better than a relative living far
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
(arch.) bedpan; (arch.) chamber pot; (arch.) potty; baby tiger; (fig.) hard-earned reward
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to be found; to be discovered
to wrap up (in); to roll up (in); to tuck (up)
a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; insignificant
child's identification tag
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
carving; engraving; chiselled features
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
issue; offspring; paternal blood
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient