to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
on countless occasions; many a time
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
scratch; scrape; abrasion
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
counter for chairs or seats
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling
Edo period inspection of rice plants
it's not like; it isn't as if
at once; immediately; right now
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
hope of success; prospects of success
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
silence; stillness; quietness