tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
the right person in the right place
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
upper; upward; upper (of a shoe); uppercut; upper (drug); stimulant
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
honorary white (non-white person, including the Japanese, that were given certain privileges during the apartheid regime of South Africa); honorary whites
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
tips of one's hair; hair ends
soft skin (esp. of a woman)
to cut out (a dress) from cloth
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
assortment; product lineup
exhibition; display; putting on show
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
just the other day; quite recently
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
intimacy; affection; familiarity
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition