fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
travelling alone; solitary journey
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
not worth considering; out of the question
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
crescent moon; young moon
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
cartoon-character costume
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
middle of the night; dead of night
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
calls and sounds made by insects
knotted cord; cord for fastening clothes, etc.
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
left-handedness; being left-handed
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient
on the occasion of; at the time of
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling