trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be found; to be discovered
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
in succession; one by one
to ask a question; to ask questions
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
those (near the second person)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
retort; back talk; backchat
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
in succession; one after another