to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
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
one way or the other; either way
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to feel oneself indebted to
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
to throw into; to toss into
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
jail for women (Edo period)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
security for a loan; collateral