to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
what article (of a legal document, etc.); what clause; which street; (arch.) how can (one possibly do ...); (arch.) cannot possibly ...
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
servant; manservant; menial
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
to talk; to carry meaning
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
sounding each other out; probing each other
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
in this way; along these lines; similarly
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off