effect; efficacy; validity; potency
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis
the year following an inauspicious year
kitchen; financial situation
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
plural; multiple; several
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
sensitivity; susceptibility
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
health; healthy; sound; fit
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
this and that; various things
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3