innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
only; merely; but; no more than
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to be annoyed; to be inconvenienced
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
item; article; dish; course; finest item
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
greatest mistake of one's life
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to be born; to come into the world
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
how many people; a number of people
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
being startled; getting a shock
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first