while alive; during one's lifetime
the world in general; society; convention
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
seat at a table; place at a table
March; third month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
empirical; from experience
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
entreaty; supplication; petition
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
to be saved up (of money)
matter of concern and interest
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
practice; practising; experience
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on