resignation; acceptance; consolation
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
caller; visitor; company; guest
to lean (something) against; to set against; to prop up against
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
(plain) hot water; boiled water
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
to wink; to blink; to twinkle; to flicker
out of character; unlike one
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (arch.) to cast an amorous glance at
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
unanticipated; unexpected
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
wearing one's hair in braids
it's not like; it isn't as if
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick