to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
how long; how much; to what extent
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to challenge (a person) to a fight
one end; an end; part; fragment
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
to be able to manage somehow or another
information; experience; knowledge; observation
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
one house; the same house
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to do together; to share; to participate in
to be worried; to be troubled
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)