piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
signs of rain; threatening to rain
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
steady; sound; reliable; solid
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
burning at the stake; execution by burning
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat
namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
to be perturbed; to be agitated
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)