painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
(not) even once; (not) ever
this (very thing); this precisely
supreme; greatest; highest; best
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
pretension; conceit; hubris
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
historic; historical; traditional
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
scene; view; prospect; outlook