white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to rise; to erect; to get up
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to perceive; to understand
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
the treasure that is children; child
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
bamboo arrow shaft; arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
biological child; one's own child
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
lovers' tiff; quarrel between lovers; chattering; idle talk
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
crimping; riveting; fastening; standoff (mechanical fastener); self-clinch hardware
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)