to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to backfire; to have a harmful result
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
penalty; sentence; punishment
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
France; French (language)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
bento; Japanese box lunch
chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
short and stout; small but wide around
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to cease; to stop; to be over
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
authority; power; function
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
large tree; big tree; huge tree
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
place where one works; construction site; working area
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to begin; to set about; to start
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
surroundings; environs; circumference
88 years old; (arch.) rice