to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
individual; private person; personal; private
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
dominion; territory; possession
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
infancy; childhood; tender age
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
one eye; eye (for pictures, etc.)
rising dragon; great dash
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
future years; in (one's) later years
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
local specialty; local special dish
out of character; unlike one
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
to do over; to remake; to resume
the reason is ...; it is because ...
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
tips of one's hair; hair ends
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing