to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
addition; increase; Canada
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
the West; the Occident; Western countries
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
etiquette; courtesy; manners
way of training; method of bringing up children
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; fresh flower; natural flower
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
(arch.) girl; (arch.) young (unmarried) woman; (grown) woman; lady; (someone else's) wife
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella