investment; contribution; financing
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to stand high in one's superior's favor and trust
want to ... do something; would like to ...
all-night vigil over a body; wake
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to mix; to stir; to blend
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
method of bringing up; method of raising
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
to tighten the reins; to bring (someone) under control
married man or woman; housekeeping
to paint (draw) a picture
black ground; black cloth
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank