camp stool; folding stool
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
adversity; sad circumstances
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to lead into; to draw into
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
at first; initially; in the beginning
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
comfort; consolation; diversion
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
night cold; chill of night; cold night
to lean against; to set against
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
long night (esp. of autumn)
while; during; performed in this condition
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
home for the aged; old people's home
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly