helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling
fortune-telling; divination
Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
craftsman; skilled artisan
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing
finish; finishing; finishing touches
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
professional gambler; gamester
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
Penthorum chinensis (species of saxifrage)
to fold up; to fold into layers
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
either way; in any case; one way or another
all times and places; all ages and countries
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger