doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
look!; there!; here!; that is
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to this extent; to this degree; this much
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
spanking; traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, is hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651
spring day; spring sunlight
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
to talk (a person) down; to confute
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to see through; to see the true nature of something
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
son and heir; son who will succeed one