slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to dry up completely; to become stale
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
questions and answers; dialogue
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
while alive; during one's lifetime
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look