to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
such; like that; that sort of; very
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
meaning; significance; sense
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
man; male; masculine gender
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
at least; at most; (even) just
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks