busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
other side; opposite side; other party
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
image; figure; figure; form; image
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
in turns; alternately; in order
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
every month; each month; monthly
sitting calmly; sitting comfortably; sitting cross-legged; being at ease; being content
to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to be erected; to be built
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
as (for); for; in the capacity of