striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
sailor suit; middy uniform
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
revengeful ghost; apparition
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
spirit; heart; disposition
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to jump from one thing to another
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to assemble; to set up; to construct
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature