to keep watch; to stand guard
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
older sister; elder sister
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
marriageable age; chance of marriage
sentiment; sentimentality
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
every evening; night after night
to look on with arms folded
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to talk about (something)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
messenger; envoy; emissary
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful
heartfelt; sincere; wholehearted
a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
one's own child; one's own children
sick body; sickly constitution
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
simply; merely; only; solely
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one