temple dedicated to Kannon
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
woman employed in a restaurant, teahouse or teahouse offering sexual services
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
small restaurant; eating house
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
to rise; to erect; to get up
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
idle slumber; indolence; inactivity
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
since when; from when; how long
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
forcibly; against one's will
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
universe; realm of thought; underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other