to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
father; dad; husband; you; he
primary school; elementary school; grade school
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
living together (with one more person)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
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.)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
than; from; out of; except; but; more
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
corridor; hallway; passageway
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
party in full swing; party at its peak
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)