to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
thin arm; meager income; meagre income
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
infancy; childhood; tender age
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
quickly; calmly; intently
sweet and sour; bittersweet
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
example; specimen; sample
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be skillful (skilful); to be clever
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
gross; disgusting; sickening
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
question; inquiry; enquiry
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
young master; son of a high-ranking person
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
leader; guide; mentor; coach
just because; even if; even though
passion; temper; irritability
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane