calamity; misfortune; disaster
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
the opposite sex; isomerism
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
statement of the efficacy of a medicine
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
residing; living; dwelling
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
drowning; flood; shipwreck
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
to pick up; to find; to gather
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
restlessly; in continuous motion
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
neighbourhood; neighborhood
grandfather; male senior-citizen
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
gray or silver haired (grey)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
love affair; sensual pleasures
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck