question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
outside the country; abroad
nobleman's illegitimate child
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
decapitated head of an enemy
Kōji era (1555.10.23-1558.2.28)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)
grudge; malice; intention; disposition; obstinacy; reason
real thing; original; actual
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
agreement; stipulation; contract
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
the nine nearest generations of relatives
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
conviction; belief; confidence
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)