hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
skillful penmanship; skilled calligrapher
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
style of handwriting or calligraphy
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
rickets; boneless; spineless
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; soft and slippery
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to rain incessantly; to downpour
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to go along; to walk along; to follow
drop (e.g. of water); drip
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
it may be my imagination, but ...; I may be imagining things, but ...
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
yearned for; longed for; missed
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares