lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
moderate; proper; just right
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to invite in; to usher in
the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat
diagnosis; medical examination
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
since when; from when; how long
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
nurse; (lit.) angel in white
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to run about; to rush about
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to take measures (against); to take steps
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
taking charge; management
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation