(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
in the meantime; meanwhile
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
small garden; small place
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
family crest shaped as a hemp leaf; motif made from entwined hexagons
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
deceased father; late father
to give; to do (something) for