there is a tendency; there is a possibility
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
value; worth; virtue; blessing
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
runny nose; (watery) nasal mucus
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
free from worldly or worthless thoughts
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
early closing; finishing (work) early
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
morning; (arch.) next morning
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
even if nothing else; more than anything else
to be overcome with emotion
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
does not match (one's, its) appearance
household; home; family; housekeeping
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much