work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to get along well with; to make a go of it
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
no sleep or rest; working day and night
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
distant look; faraway look
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to make an appeal; to urge
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
to push (something) against
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
of no interest; not interested
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom