upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
considerably; fairly; quite
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
married woman; woman; lady
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
ago; since; before; previous
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking