looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
explosion; rupture; break off
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
since when; from when; how long
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
junior high school student; middle school pupil
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
minimum; at the very least
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
doing whatever one pleases
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase