to have a long life; to live a long time
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to die; to lay down life's burden
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to push away; to push aside; to shove
of course; certainly; naturally
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
shellfish; seashell; shell
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
for example; for instance; e.g.
feeling; sense; impression
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
pus; corruption; rot; evils
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable