cowardly; timid; easily frightened
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
rather; better; instead; if anything
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
something like ...; something called ...
traveling alone and with little luggage (travelling)
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)