thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
all; entire; whole; altogether
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
from now on; in the future; further
needless to say; obviously; of course
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
results; record; grades; marks
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
literary woman; talented woman
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
galley setting; (arch.) palanquin bearer; (arch.) fellow; (arch.) colleague
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
shameless; shameless person
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
egoism; egotism; selfishness
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
dose of medicine to be taken only once
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients