(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
every evening; night after night
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
tiring easily; easy to tire
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
sincere; honest; faithful
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
embodying; expressing concretely
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
while alive; during one's lifetime
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor