these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
farming; agriculture; cultivation
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
out of place artifact; OOPArt
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
to withstand; to be able to endure
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to be indebted; to be under an obligation
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
descendant; progeny; offspring
independence; self-reliance
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
else; in addition; besides
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
first-rate; finest quality; the best
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering