rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
apologies for the crude food
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to lie down; to throw oneself down
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
older brother and younger sister
repentance; confession; penitence
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
vinegared dish; pickled dish
since one was born; (in) all one's life
being intrusive; intrusive person
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
throbbing (pain); pounding
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
to finish reading; to read through
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
prayer for school success
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
item; something that one "just has to have"
waste of time; killing time
votive picture (originally of horse)
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation