activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants; manservants and maids
morning; (arch.) next morning
to keep watch; to stand guard
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
looking back; worry; anxiety
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
alone; by oneself; on one's own
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
spare time; free time; leisure
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
reason; cause; history; origin
much less; to say nothing of
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
laziness; indolence; misfeasance; nonfeasance; kausidya
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
natural span of life; 250 years old
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service