babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
world of suffering; life of prostitution
to die; to ascend to heaven
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
unique; peculiar; singular
pedantry; display of learning
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
the original; original copy; script
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to go through several printings; to run into several editions
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
general term; generic name
day (as in holiday); daytime
national holiday; public holiday
to become settled; to be fixed
mother church; main church; church where one was baptized
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
origin; beginning; source; rise