to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
in proportion to; just as much as
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to pass (of time); to elapse
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post