uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run up to; to rush over
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to shake one's head (in denial)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
such; like that; in that way
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to settle (in a place); to settle down
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line