carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
straight-laced person; stubborn person
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
direct vassal of the shogunate (Edo period); direct retainer of the shogun (e.g. a hatamoto)
while; during; while; although; all; both
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
salary (paid in rice to a samurai); stipend; making (someone) a retainer and granting a stipend
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious