small; fine; detailed; stingy
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
tear; rip; breach; break; hole; crack
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
street; quarter; district; area
absent-mindedness; stupor; stupefaction; fainting
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
maid of honor; maid of honour
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
transferral of a sacred object from its place of enshrinement; imperial procession
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
shramana (wandering monk)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep