to be touching; to be moving
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
influence (on someone); inspiration
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
useless resistance; vain struggle
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
abusive language; violent language; wild words
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
cold-water ablutions (for spiritual purification)
periodic; regular; routine
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
consultant at a children's welfare center; child welfare comissioner
one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
second marriage; remarriage
child from a previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
self-mutilation; self-injury
confabulation; fabrication
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
de facto husband; common-law husband
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
infancy; childhood; tender age
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly