courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
to become completely chilled
to be kind to; to treat kindly
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else
people close to the head man
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
divorce; dissolution of adoption
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
sensitiveness; sensitivity; delicacy (e.g. of feeling)
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to lay aside; to set aside
wet nurse; nursing mother
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed