pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
practitioner of Buddhism; practitioner of austerities; disciplinant; practitioner of martial arts
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
rolling pin; slapstick (comedy)
to celebrate someone's achievements
festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
instruction; teaching; explanation; Zen priest's sermon
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
fifth day of the month; five days
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
the same place; that place
one's predestined length of life
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
reprint; reprinting; second edition
postwar period; period after Second World War
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
interruption; suspension; break
circulation; dissemination
compilation; editing; recording
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor