to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
to be needed; to be wanted
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
household; home; family; housekeeping
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to recall; to remember; to recollect
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
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.)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
beginning; outset; first; onset
practice; practising; training; study
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful