bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
those (near the second person)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
orphan; person without friends
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
February; second month of the lunar calendar
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant; clouds and water