rice cultivation; rice farming
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
difficult to ...; hard to ...
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
and; thereupon; because of that
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
greedy; avaricious; covetous
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
breath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon
in that manner; like that
to live; to make a living; to get on with
don't you think?; indicates question
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
that kind; competition; match