exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
bow; bowing (and greeting); declining; refusing
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
thought; thinking; contemplation; using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
dear me; I mean; or rather
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
questions and answers; dialogue
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
short blade; small weapon; epigram; pithy saying
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
living thing; living creature; animal; life
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
stirring; slight movement
to be unable to move while seated (because of fear, surprise, etc.); to freeze in one's seat
stammer; stutter; stammerer; stutterer
unable to decline; hard to refuse
what kind of business; what sort of matter
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
just as I thought; as expected; that's why
to be nappy; to be disheveled (hair); to shudder