illusion; fallacy; delusion
occurrence; happening; taking place; completion
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
feeling of a house or a room
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to taste; to savor; to relish
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
as soon as possible; ASAP
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
lately; recently; these days
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
(feather) duster; dusting
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
convenient; handy; useful
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
dealing with; coping with
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
speech and behaviour (behavior)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
laying underground (e.g. cables); burying (e.g. pipe)
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
to rebuke; to scold harshly
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
bed and food; eating and sleeping
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
stealthily; secretly; in secret