sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
have to do; must; should; ought to
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
weak constitution; ill health
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
reading aloud; recitation
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
living by oneself; living alone
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
convenient; handy; useful
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to mourn over the death of
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
twilight; dusk; faint light
such; this sort of; like this
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
running continuously; firing in rapid succession