to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
scripture; passage from scripture
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
to grill again; to rehash
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
aleph (first letter of Hebrew alphabet); Aleph (new name of religious group Aum Shinrikyo)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to come and go; to go back and forth
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
suddenly; all of a sudden
night view; night skyline; nightscape
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
vacant house; unoccupied house
espresso (coffee); expresso
coffee jelly; coffee jello; gelled sweetened coffee dessert
conduct; behavior; behaviour
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
all (there is); as long as there is
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess