long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
bedside; near one's pillow
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
useless; vain; aimless; idle
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
in this manner; in this way; like this
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue