several years; a few years
to marry off; to espouse to
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
same family (race, tribe)
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
the world in general; society; convention
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
one's possessions; ownership
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)