clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
a few years ago; some years back
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
to polish up; to shine up
personality; style; appearance
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
to do the job; to do the business
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
enemy territory; hostile place
decisive battle of brief duration
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)