confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of; very
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
being fond of children; person fond of children
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
electricity; (electric) light
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
in succession; one after another
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
double; twice (as much); twofold
older sister; lass; young lady
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence