babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
private records; secret notes; secret document; confidential papers
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
maid; helper; help; assistance
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
space (room, area, outer space)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
Empress Kougyoku; Kougyoku Tenno (594-661 CE, reigning: 642-645 CE)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
river; stream; River; the ... river
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
powerful family; powerful clan
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
work-in-progress; working state
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black