middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
wind blowing down, coming over a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman
something; some kind of; for some reason
meaning; significance; sense
to talk; to chat; to chatter
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
literary art; literary activity; writing
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
to be needed; to be wanted
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
happiness and good fortune
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek