state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
what do you want?; can I help you?
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
state of an illness; condition of a patient
promoting; increase; advance
interior; inside; internal
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
day by day; every day; by the day
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
older sister and younger brother
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
in the background; not standing out
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
disinheritance; disowning
being imprisoned; being sent to prison
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
to turn completely into; to become completely
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in