paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
cares; ill feeling; reserve
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to set (sun); to become dark
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to taste; to try (food or drink)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
bento; Japanese box lunch
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to soak into; to permeate
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging