to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
tool; implement; means; furniture
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
reason; cause; circumstances
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
great wealth; enormous fortune
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
please (give me); please (do for me)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to be silent; to say nothing
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
personification; anthropomorphization
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street