to keep away; to keep at a distance
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
one's own child; one's own children
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
old age; old person; the old; the aged
amusing; funny; interesting
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to amuse oneself; to make merry
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
that is to say; so that means
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
laughing by oneself; erotic pictures; shunga
late at night; small hours of the morning
retainer; retinue; servant
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
factory; plant; mill; workshop
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand