to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to find out; to discover; to detect
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
counter for books; volume
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
sentiment; sentimentality
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
number of characters per line, page, etc.
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
materials; data; document
one by one; one after another; successively
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
three boxes; three box-shaped things; three containers
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering