to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
again; once more; a second time
silence; stillness; quietness
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
comparatively; relatively
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
beginning; start; first moxa treatment
(no matter) who; everyone; anyone; nobody
how many people; a number of people
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
assertion; declaration; affirmation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through