to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
blood relationship; blood relative
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
separate; respective; different
to be dead; to be lifeless
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
I see; that's right; indeed
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
to turn up (e.g. one's face); to lay (something) on its back; to tilt (one's head) back
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be infected; to be contagious
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
Le Figaro (French newspaper)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway