government housing for officials
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
edge; relative; relations; border
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
intermittently; at intervals (of); after a pause
to make a success in life
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
lying on one's back; lying face upward; lying supine
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
plot; conspiracy; conference
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
fulfilment of a vow; fulfillment of a vow
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
face; looks; vestiges; trace
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
don't worry about it; forget about it
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
account book; register; ledger
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
drinking water; potable water
supply; supplying; replenishment
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with