running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
recompense; indemnity; atonement
comparatively; relatively
interior; inside; internal
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
collection of haiku poems
reading (someone else's letter, diary, etc.) surreptitiously; reading secretly; reading over someone's shoulder
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
Saipan (island near Guam)
on board a ship; aboard a ship
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image); revealing (something that is supposed to remain hidden); opening (a gambling house); holding (a gambling party)
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century; Christianity; Christian
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
upper; upward; outer; surface; top