about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
January; first month of the lunar calendar
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
be (that) as it may; having said that
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
early-modern men's jacket resembling a haori; ten virtues; many merits
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to push aside; to brush aside
to rush over; to run up to
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
homecoming; returning home
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress