physical condition; state of health
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
being too late; losing one's final chance
priority; order of precedence
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
family; members of a family
to comfort; to console; to amuse
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
union; joining; conjugation
reinforcement; strengthening
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
wood (for building); lumber; timber
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
name plate; name tag; label
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
beautiful woman; (a) beauty