forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
life and death; life or death
great-grandmother; great-grandma
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to care for someone; to look after someone
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
news of someone's death; obituary
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
vain dream of wealth and splendour (splendor)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
coherence; order; focus; point
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
as far as the eye can see
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
to rain incessantly; to downpour
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead