proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
reason; cause; circumstances
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
crisis; critical moment; critical time
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
story; tale; talk; discussion
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to gather; to collect; to assemble
in one's own way or style
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
as a child; when one was a child
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case