to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
association area (of the cerebral cortex)
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
frequency (of occurrence)
close; intimate; on good terms
distant look; faraway look
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
refreshment; refreshing oneself; refreshing one's spirit; (memory) refresh
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
samue; monk's working clothes
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
breathing techniques; breath control
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear