to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
to lose one's way; to get lost
Tetragnatha praedonia (species of long-jawed orb weaver)
as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; (lit.) as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
to become possible; to become able to (do)
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
in the meantime; meanwhile
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
casting; cast-metal object
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
devil; evil spirit; genie
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
lewd dream; salacious fantasy
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
intensive; concentrated; focused
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
primness; putting on airs; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
detour; circuitous route; diversion
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
trifling; trivial; slight
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)