death; the next world; to pass away; to die
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
boy; son; baby boy; young man
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return