scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
waste of time; killing time
hairpiece; false hair; wig
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
government service; the bureaucracy
living thing; living creature; animal; life
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
that day; the very same day
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy