pieces; scraps; disconnected
relying on someone as one's teacher
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)
deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things)
immersion; being absorbed in
the kalpa of nothingness (the final aeon of the universe)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
everywhere; all over; throughout
transliteration; phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters; reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
genuine article; real thing; real deal
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
depth; shade (of color, colour)
genuine; authentic; true; pure
thinking about something else
to boil down; to condense
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)