kindness; intimacy; friendship
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
the deceased; the departed
child of a different mother
at the meeting; on the occasion
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
temporary suspension (of business); brief shutdown
report; notification; registration
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
two-storey house; two-story house
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
evening; early night hours
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
while alive; during one's lifetime
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene