obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
pointing out; identification
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to cease; to stop; to be over
one's own child; one's own children
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
the real criminal; true culprit
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to chase; to run after; to pursue
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
only; merely; but; no more than
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
whispering into a person's ear
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to be found; to be discovered
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to face on; to look out on to
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
main cause; primary factor