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stern; bow

1

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent

3

certain place

1

not yet seen; unseen; unacquainted; unknown

2

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

1

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

2

to complain about; to grumble about; to moan about; to bemoan

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

1

recently

1

Ichinen Yūhan (book by Nakae Chōmin)

1

dawn; daybreak; beginning

1

should not; must not

1

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery

1

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

1

depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

1

to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

1

this chapter

2

being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

Kōbō Daishi (774-835 CE; founder of Shingon Buddhism and renowned calligrapher)

1

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

1

Muso Kokushi

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

blindness

5

pebble; small stone

2

one's home; one's house

1

commuting to work

1

sponsors of rikishi or their stables

1

school for the blind and dumb

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

4

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

2

running extremely fast

1

nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)

1

close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

1

two ken (approx. 3.6m)

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

3

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

3

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

destination (one is heading towards); goal

2

philosophical

1

spot; point; place; position

1