concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; impatient; hasty; rash
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
what do you want?; can I help you?
though; notwithstanding; although
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
normal conversation; (arch.) joke
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
generation; lifetime; age
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
laundry; laundromat; launderette
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)