to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to express (in words); to confess
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
older sister; elder sister
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
one day; (on) a certain day
gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job
will; testament; last request
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
at a moment's notice; readily
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
souvenir store; gift shop
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
jealousy; roasted rice cake
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to be blessed with children
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
the treasure that is children; child
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do