hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to this extent; to this degree; this much; this little
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to smile broadly; to grin widely
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to rank next to; to come after
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
subordination; dependency
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
chimera (mythological); chimaera
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
different opinion; objection
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to count; to include in the number