dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
completely; entirely; wholly
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
wholesaler; wholesale dealer
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
bedside; near one's pillow
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
bridal costume; wedding dress
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
first anniversary of a person's death
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
fixed date; appointed day
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
March; third month of the lunar calendar
senior high school; high school
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
middle day (e.g. sumo tournament, run of theatrical performances, etc.)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
shoji (paper sliding door)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
loveable; very likeable; like very much
large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image