area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
real thing; original; actual
patient; unhurried; leisurely
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
understood; I see; OK; present; here
passing through without stopping; passing by
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
both hands; both arms; ten
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
together; at the same time; same; identical
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to solicit; to demand; to extort
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
favorite; favourite; habitually used
right under; directly below
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
dull sound; muffled sound
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)