to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
contraception; birth control
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); sleeping with a man (at his bidding); overnight vigil before burial
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
inside one's heart; in one's mind
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
secret; private; surreptitious
immediately; right away; on the spot
thought; idea; conception
very young; little; childish; immature
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything