Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to speak; to hear a voice
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
very; extremely; excessively
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
small change; coins; small sum of money
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
in order; in turn; one by one
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)