act of mercy; helping another person
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
shoji (paper sliding door)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
body; physique; build; stature
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to begin; to set about; to start
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
evening meal; supper; dinner
to be helpful; to be useful
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
reality; actuality; hard fact
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress