to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
reform; reformation; reorganization
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to get thin; to taper off
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
to go out and away; to leave
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
height (of body); stature