pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
family; relatives; dependents; household
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to sink (into); to get depressed
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
to be worried; to be troubled
settlement; solution; resolution
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
only extant copy; only existing copy
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to hide; to conceal oneself
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
in succession; one by one
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
feminine; womanly; female
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time