to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
Ming (serif typeface); Minchō
attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); sleeping with a man (at his bidding); overnight vigil before burial
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
mixed race; mixed parentage
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
patient; having a long fuse
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
entire world; whole world; world stage
meritocracy; merit system
(a person's) family background; lineage
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
(this is only) the beginning; just the start; jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
health and physical education
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
being completely naked; (in) one's birthday suit
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
retry; another try; another go
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
one by one; one at a time; in turn