to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
living together (with one more person)
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn