strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
(medical) doctor; physician
to take; to catch; to capture
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
of course; certainly; naturally
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
flattery; sycophancy; adulation
dice; die; baton (of command)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
lottery run by a temple or shrine
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)