carefree; free from worry
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
cuisine with fresh seafoods
Cantonese food; Cantonese cuisine
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
formal marriage interview
to soak into; to permeate
moment; instant; short amount of time
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
have a good day; take care; see you
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
Mukouda Kuniko (1929.11.28-1981.8.22)
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Java (Indonesian island); Java coffee
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
near; close by; within reach; familiar
block (of wood); chip; splinter
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds