second line of a four-line Chinese poem
representative; exemplary; model
to select someone (out of many people)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to live; to reside; to inhabit
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
hospitalization; hospitalisation
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
St. Luke's International Hospital (Tokyo)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
either way; in any case; one way or another
contrary to one's expectations
carriage; movement (of the body)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
to become an expert; to be master at