person concerned; interested party; related party
deep affection; dear; beloved
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to forget completely; to leave behind
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts