yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
doing as one pleases; following one's nose
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
just because; even if; even though
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to lie down; to throw oneself down