chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
married woman; woman; lady
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
sympathy; compassion; pity
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
leisure time; idle moment
funny story; funny anecdote
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
when; how soon; how long until
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
four-legged tray for festive food
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
light pink; light crimson
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
art of self-defense (defence)
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
whole face; all over one's face
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty