lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
briskly; quickly; promptly
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
later on; eventually; afterwards
tangible and intangible; material and spiritual
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
magic; sorcery; incantation
bento; Japanese box lunch
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
rationalization; justification
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
passing the winter; hibernation
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
on the occasion of; at the time of
older employee who does not have much actual work
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
unusual space; other dimension
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
person being waited for; person who waits
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
terrible luck; very bad luck
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)