calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to take; to catch; to capture
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
whenever they come together
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
nothing but; none other than
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
refusing to see a visitor
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
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)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to stop; to quit; to put an end to