suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
emotional care; emotional support; caring for somebody's mental well-being
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
troublesome; annoying; complicated
garden lantern; hanging lantern
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
sensual love; love affair
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to need; to call for; to require
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register
to incur someone's enmity
to put into effect; to put into practice
maximum permissible level or dosage
to get between; to be caught in
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
another thing; other things; another man's property
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
because; the reason is; if you want to know why