comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
my husband; one's family; family member
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
relation; connection; affinity
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
using one's arm for a pillow
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
fortune-telling; divination
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
enemy territory; hostile place
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl