inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
handmade object; craftwork; handmade
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
brothers and sisters; siblings
eccentric young person (esp. girl)
way of affixing something; way of recording something (to a logbook, etc.)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
fortified city; walled city
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
transport; freight; shipping
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
line; queue; procession; matrix
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year