rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
self-satisfaction; rejoicing
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to close (one's eyes); to shut
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
commencing with; including
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
deviation; departure; omission
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
Japan's best; number one in Japan
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest