warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
creation; Creation (by God)
one color; using only one type of plant (in ikebana); earnest; single-minded
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
ultimate; final; last; eventual
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
alone; by oneself; on one's own
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
sowing; seeding; planting
there is nothing; having nothing
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
silence; noiselessness; muteness; voicelessness; unvoicedness
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to discuss; to talk together
to come from; to have roots in
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
quotation; citation; reference