to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
just you wait and see (as a threat)
the first star to appear in the evening
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
judgment; judgement; discernment
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
manly; masculine; like a man
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
card (with a message written on it)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding