relatively cheap; relatively inexpensive; on the cheap side; lowish (price)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
number of times; frequency; count
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
silence; stillness; quietness
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
Buddhist (household) altar
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
to clap one's hands in prayer
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
nowadays; in this day and age
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to brandish; to flash; to display
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
frequent; densely packed; thick
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
going to sleep; falling asleep; sleeping