wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
Island; insula; island; islet
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
waste of time; killing time
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
literally; to the letter; literal
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
material witness; suspect
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
beach hut; beachside clubhouse
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer