birth; creation; formation
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
disinheritance; disowning
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
abstract or impracticable theory
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
commencing with; including
writing; book; (literary) work
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
snake; serpent; large snake
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
competing; competition; auction
pregnancy; conception; gestation
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
sound; noise; note; Chinese-derived character reading
being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to be worried; to be troubled
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)