painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to trample; to crush underfoot
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
subtracting points; points deducted
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
corridor; hallway; passageway
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
bunch of flowers; bouquet
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to scatter away; to vanish
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested