nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
older sister and younger brother
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
to feel sick; to be nauseated
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers
everything; anything; nothing
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
traveling throughout the country (travelling)
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
like; similar to; same as
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
being proficient in both; combine both
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
second day of the month; two days
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
along the road; along the way
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
just past noon; afternoon
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
deep emotion; strong feelings
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
the place for; the time for; the level of
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
midsummer; height of summer
to paint over heavily; to plaster up