living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk; living person
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to remain unextinguished; to survive
garden lantern; hanging lantern
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
wavering; unsteady; floating hip throw (judo)
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
pivot hinge (using extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame); sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
directions; instructions; orders; command
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)