attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work
tedious; boring; being fed up with
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
other than; excluding; without
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
out of character; unlike one
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to be worn out (from domestic life)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
doing whatever one pleases
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
accomplishment; execution
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to find out; to discover; to locate