hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
summer vacation; summer holiday
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
unloading (of cargo); discharge
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
article; item; thing; goods; wares
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
one by one; one each; one at a time
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce