handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
bored; having nothing to do; idle
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
symbol; code; sign; notation
mitsuuroko emblem (three triangles in a triangular pattern; Hōjō clan symbol)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
portrait; likeness; picture
bow shape; arc; arch; segment (of a circle)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to expect; to look for; to look forward to; to anticipate; to wait for
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
desk made in China; Chinese style desk
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
thick black silk from Hachijo Island
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
mending; revision; supplementation
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
will (probably); intend (to do); will; should; ought to
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding