tenth day of the month; ten days
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
hometown; rural districts
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
about when; about what time; how soon
when; at what moment; what time
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
eighth day of the month; eight days
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)
completely; entirely; totally
wetting; love affair; lover
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
no; no; without; not needed
theatre; theater; playhouse
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
pitching ability; counter for pitches
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest