wet nurse; nursing mother
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
one's own child; one's own children
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
shoji (paper sliding door)
to wail; to cry loudly; to howl
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
one's last journey; the journey to the other world; death
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
new book; new publication
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
force of a fire; force of flames
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
most part; greater part; majority
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
throwaway; disposable; single-use
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
stairs; stairway; staircase
half the body; half length
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
wrapped package; bale; wicker trunk; wicker luggage