lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
strange; odd; queer; peculiar; weird