stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to breathe out; to exhale
sense of relief; feeling of relief
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
one way or the other; either way
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
middle of the night; dead of night
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to worry about the future
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately