rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
timewise; temporal; chronal
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
coating (esp. lacquering)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
it's not like; it isn't as if
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily