landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
to order; to command; to appoint
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
incendiary bomb; firebomb
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition