to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
to try to do; to attempt to do
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
stable boy; stable hand; groom
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
prohibition; ban; embargo
such; like that; that sort of
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
next morning; following morning
food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
last night; yesterday evening
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
if so; in that case; in that situation
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...