to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
wet nurse; nursing mother
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
had better ...; had better not ...
unqualified; without qualifications
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
shadow figure; silhouette
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to solicit; to demand; to extort
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
short and round sleeves of a kimono
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)