lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
master; teacher; stable master
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
father; dad; husband; you; he
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to keep away; to keep at a distance
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
lying face down; upside down; prone
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to squeeze out; to wring out
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
since then; from that time; ever since
(not) even once; (not) ever
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding