shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
open field; empty lot; plain
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to be infected; to be contagious
rupa (form); visible objects (i.e. color and form)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; one's sole talent; one's only forte
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
immortal; undying; indestructible
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
wise man; philosopher; sage