apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
being in one's room (office, etc.)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
clearing one's throat; cough
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
pseudonym of a haiku poet
diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever
to be ill; to suffer from
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)