woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
good-quality; superior in quality
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
length of a sleeve (of Western clothing); height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
growth period; growing season
that's the way it is; such is life
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag