to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
academic bulletin; school gazette
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
quibble; pointless argument
out of one's line; out of one's field
company; corporation; workplace
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
financial backer; financial supporter
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
letting (someone) die without helping
to care for someone; to look after someone
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
everyone at once; everyone together
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
trouble; bother; annoyance
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis