emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
labor service; labour service
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
hair on the back of one's head
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
day laborer; day labourer
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
release; emission; ejection
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
standing close together; bristling (with)
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
present (brought by a visitor); gift
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
reciprocal relationship; mutually beneficial relations; relationship with benefits to both parties
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
to rank next to; to come after