meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
calamity; disaster; misfortune
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
when about to go back; on the way back; on the way home
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
audience with the Emperor; imperial audience
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
for dear life; barely escaping alive
clothes; clothing; garments
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
busy job; exhausting work
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
18th day of the month; 18 days
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
neighbouring house; neighboring house