other than; excluding; without
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
in one's own way or style
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
hand luggage; hand baggage
occasional; infrequent; rare
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
immediately; right away; on the spot
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
direct unforked road; straight path
because of; owing to; due to
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to crack; to develop a crack
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
time; season; period; phase; stage
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
horizon (related to land)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...