healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
early death; premature death; dying young
worry; mental agony; heartache
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
to have one cup of sake after another
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
(not so) much; (not) very
mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
(period of) a year; during an era
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
(someone else's) child; child; kid
effective medicine; well-known medicine
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition
ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
salted rice-bran paste for pickling; mashed green soybeans
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
Chinese book; book written in Chinese
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
liver taken from a living animal
you; (arch.) your residence
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
drunkenness; intoxication
delicacy; rare treat; good-eating fish