children's story; fairy tale
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
to blow off; to be blown off
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
folding into four; quarto
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
tabletop game; table game
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
greater than ...; bigger ...
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
one thin flat object; one sheet
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest