direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to need; to demand; to take; to require
experiment; experimentation
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
if so; in that case; in that situation
how much; how many; to what extent
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
blood relationship; blood relative
long slits (esp. of eyes)
general mobilization; full mobilization
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)