to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
about here; in this neighborhood
with these words; while saying
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
root; joint; base; crotch
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
tortoise-shell divination
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
fortune-telling; divination
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
grandfather; male senior-citizen
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)