making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
this or that person; anybody; many people
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
new idea or design; novelty
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
new invention (discovery)