painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
another family; another house
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
shame; compunction; remorse; shame felt towards oneself and others
three generations; three periods; third generation
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
consideration; sympathy; compassion
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
same; similar; (just) like; equal
when it becomes; when it comes to
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on
to collect; to assemble; to gather