middle of the night; dead of night
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)
by myself; in person; by oneself
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
counter for books; volume
congratulation; celebration
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
type of jōruri narrative performance
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to get a (driver's) license
to temper thoroughly; to train well
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
heartfelt; sincere; wholehearted
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
serious illness; dangerous disease
only; merely; but; no more than
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically