to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
settlement; solution; resolution
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
sympathy; compassion; pity
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
daily meals; three regular meals a day
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
department store; department
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts
instead; but (on the other hand)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
biological younger brother
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
foster father; adoptive father
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
tenement house; row house
burned down; entirely destroyed
antique; old article; secondhand goods
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
cheap article; poor quality article
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity