please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
serious illness; dangerous disease
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
while at a distance; indirectly; casually
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
practice; practising; training; study
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
very hungry; starving; ravenous
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
(arch.) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; netsuke; item attached to a netsuke
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
indolence; laziness; sloth