in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
breeding; raising; rearing
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
from the beginning; from scratch
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
cold bath; taking a cold bath
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
good feeling; feeling good
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
automatic; intransitive verb
to fill (a glass) with water
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
environment; circumstance
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
gray or silver haired (grey)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
in proportion to; just as much as
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
secrecy; highly classified information