camp stool; folding stool
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
two (long cylindrical things)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
phantom; vision; illusion
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
mending; revision; supplementation
district; section; sector
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
strong interaction; strong force
to go along; to walk along; to follow
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex