whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
one's own child; one's own children
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
just past noon; afternoon
changing clothes; change of clothes
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
electrical equipment; electrical machinery; electrical appliances
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
such; like that; in that way
infancy; childhood; tender age
older brother and younger sister