to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
building lot; residential land
lavish; luxurious; showy; gaudy
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
weak point; unskillfulness
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
family name; lineage; birth; clan
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
private pupil; apprentice
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
substitute lecturing; substitute lecturer
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
monotypic (taxon); monotype; monomorphic; single impression die
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
nightlife; night amusements
want to ... do something; would like to ...
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed