to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
wandering; rambling; roaming
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
deep realization (realisation); profound realization; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; unexpectedly obtaining something
illusion; fallacy; delusion
to do; to commit; to accomplish; to achieve
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
as soon as possible; ASAP
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
(feather) duster; dusting
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
convenient; handy; useful
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
dealing with; coping with
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
speech and behaviour (behavior)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
laying underground (e.g. cables); burying (e.g. pipe)
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to rebuke; to scold harshly
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning