thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
recovery after childbirth; growth (of a child)
another's parent; another's parents
wandering; jobless; unemployed
(by force of) circumstances
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
trifling; little; few; slight
kindness; favour; favor; hospitality
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
all; everyone; everybody; everything
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
that's right; yes; uh-huh
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
postpartum; after childbirth
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to make a success in life
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
used article (esp. clothes)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting