circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
living together; communal life; cohabitation
living by oneself; living alone
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
although I say; although one might say; although called
proposal; offer; request; application
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
well curb of a round well
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
day after day; day by day
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
memory; sense; experience
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
one's own work; making by oneself
father and mother; parents
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
being in love with each other
older brother and younger sister
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk
(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
rather; sooner; preferably