to gather; to collect; to assemble
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
souvenir store; gift shop
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
customary; conventional; traditional; usual
family; relatives; dependents; household
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
another family; another house
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
all things in nature; the whole creation
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to lend an ear to; to listen to
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
melancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloom
interrogation; hearing; trial
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
death from disease; death from illness
to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set