solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
in every case; in everything; in all matters
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
man'yōgana written in kaisho or gyōsho style
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
Japanese Red Cross Society; JRC
philanthropic activity; charity work
woman; lady; adult female
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
change; transition; vicissitudes
historical play; period drama
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
decapitation; decapitated head
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible