bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
such; like that; that sort of; very
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
together; at the same time; same; identical
to subsist; to keep on living
late at night; small hours of the morning
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
go that far; to that extent