frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to increase in value; to gain prestige
biological child; one's own child
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
to look down on; to make light of
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
in the same way as; just like
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to stop (plug) one's ears
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to apologize; to apologise
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to stiffen; to become stiff
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
one's real father; natural father; biological father