return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
every other; second; alternate
retired and quiet; secluded
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
waiting in place of someone else
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus; mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
heartstrings; koto string
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
evening; early night hours
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
to look old; to become musty; to wear out