to fail to be attentive to
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
master; teacher; stable master
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
Buddhist (household) altar
image; figure; figure; form; image
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
Earth Monkey (45th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1908, 1968, 2028)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
busy; having no (free) time
next year; following year
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
very young; little; childish; immature
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
tool; implement; means; furniture
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with