three; three years of age
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
It's absolute heaven; It's sheer bliss
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
convenient; handy; useful
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to be silent; to say nothing
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
only; merely; but; no more than
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder