to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
endless; boundless; everlasting
to keep one's mouth shut; to clam up; to be silent; to say nothing
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
periodic; cyclic; cyclical
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to transplant (a plant); to replant; to reset (type)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
heir; inheritor; successor
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
nursing; (protective) care
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
every month; each month; monthly
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
high; noble; refined; advanced
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited