to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
cheap article; poor-quality article
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
horizontal striped pattern
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
bottom; lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.); hem (of trousers, skirt, etc.)
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly