to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
personality; style; appearance
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to become fraught with emotion
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
himself; yourself; herself
to get out of bed; to show a leg
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
noted doctor; excellent physician
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
at a young age; while still young
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
as a child; when one was a child
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
killing time; staving off boredom
account book; register; ledger
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
business ability; business acumen
future (usually near); prospects
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
property; fortune; assets
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
source of revenue; financial supporter
to say no more; to sink into silence
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
firm; unshakeable; resolute
entreaty; supplication; petition
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo