custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
your body; your health; yourself; you
determination; resolution
rather than; more ... than ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
interest (in something); enthusiasm
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
beyond that point; after that
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
front; frontage; facade; main
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
classical elegance; antiquity
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
several people; a few people
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
country; territory; domain; realm
counter for generations; epoch
kalpa (eon, aeon); ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones