to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
follower; attendant; valet; servant
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
price manipulation; price fixing
don't worry about it; forget about it
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
leisure time; idle moment
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
for a while; for some time; for a period
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to lie down; to throw oneself down
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
early on; earlier on; from early
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
one's own child; one's own children
rather; better; instead; if anything
you could say; you might say; verging on the
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)