to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to use up all one's strength; to die
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to spit out; to eject; to dump
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible