to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
facing north; northern exposure
dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth
lightly pickled vegetables
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
double doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
spouse; wife; husband; partner
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); quince (Cydonia oblonga)
alcohol; (alcoholic) drink; liqueur
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
to become sinewy (e.g. of muscles); to become stringy; to become stiff; to become stiff (of attitude or conversation); to become formal; to become ceremonial
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
babies and preschool children
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
government office; public office
placing three fingers of each hand on the floor (while bowing respectfully); (lit.) three fingers (specifically the thumb, index finger and middle finger)
to give; to do (something) for
this, that and the other; this and that
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
full-time (work); full time
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface