lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
such; this sort of; like this
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
from morning to evening; all day long
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to change; to shift; to come and go
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
for example; for instance; e.g.
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
for this very reason; that is exactly why
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!