housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to give directions; to issue instructions
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
briskly; quickly; promptly
emperor (of Japan); mikado
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
cake or snack served with tea
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to watch steadily; to stare
if you think about it; come to think of it
at work; in the midst of work; working
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh