(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
together; at the same time; same; identical
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
continuation; succession; series
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
near; close; beside; third person
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that