to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
preservation; retainment; keeping
stockpiled materials; stockpiled supplies
protracted war; war of attrition
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
condition; state of preservation
when; at what moment; what time
X mark (indicating an incorrect answer, disagreement, cancellation, etc.)
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
good old; good old-fashioned
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
high-quality goods; luxury item
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
injury; inflicting bodily injury
tort; illegal act; illegal activity; offence; offense