to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
third day of the month; three days
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
you could say; you might say; verging on the
original intention; initial resolution
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to mix; to stir; to blend
rice fragments; broken rice; crushed rice