management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
absolute best; very finest; top-class; first-rate; elite
wall material; wall-finishing material; wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
that's the way it is; such is life
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
one's days and nights being reversed
3rd day of the month; three days
to pass (of time); to elapse
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
curious; strange; unusual
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
bedside; near one's pillow
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything