lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)