one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
everywhere; at every turn
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
sympathy; empathy; response
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to frolic about; to mess around
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
conference room; council room
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
seeing off and meeting on return
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
(social) position; status
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies