charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
before the gate; in front of the gate
person who is ...; thing that is ...
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
room for growth; potential; promise
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about