to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
hand luggage; hand baggage
occasional; infrequent; rare
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
immediately; right away; on the spot
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
direct unforked road; straight path
because of; owing to; due to
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
time; season; period; phase; stage
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
horizon (related to land)
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut