please (give me); please (do for me)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
but; however; even though; even if
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
jumble; hodgepodge; potpourri; heterogenous mixture
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
board chairman; managing director; chief director
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
hearsay; learning by hearsay
to have a talk; to tell a story
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
time; season; period; phase; stage
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
about; concerning; related to; -ish
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
nothing but; except; no more than