nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
one day; (on) a certain day
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
almost every day; almost daily
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to arrest; to capture; to seize
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
nobleman's illegitimate child
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(within a) territory; domains
personal (employee); employed; retained
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
on the way back; returning
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
failure; mistake; blunder
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
serious; severe; grave; acute
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
branch (of flowers); cluster; mass (of clouds)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely