troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
orphanage; children's home; foster home
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
former job; former position
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to thrust down; to push off
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
ultimate; final; last; eventual
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to lay down one's arms; to disarm; to demilitarize
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
one's whole heart; everything one feels
in deep black; in jet black
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)