to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.); musk turtle
money paid to authorities; money paid to the government; money forcibly collected by yakuza bosses from subordinate gang members; contributions levied by gangster organizations on subordinates; money paid to a feudal lord; tribute money
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
stranger; tramp; wanderer
workman; enterpriser; schemer
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
day of spring; spring sun
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
buying stolen goods; receiving
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)