ascending and descending; going up and down
river; stream; River; the ... river
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
ceaselessly; continually; all the time; incessantly
trivial; minor; insignificant; peripheral
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
abusive language; foul language
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
in the meanwhile; during the time
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong