to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to be relieved; to feel relieved
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to pass each other; to cross paths
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
this for sure; certainly is
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
great cause; moral law; justice
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
near oneself; close to one; familiar
constant; steady; constant
to lay aside; to set aside
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
writing; composition; essay; sentence
essay on poetry; theory of poetry
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person