in the course of one's duties
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
scratch the surface and you will find dirt; look close enough and you will find the flaws; (lit.) hit something and dust comes out
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
unique; original; individual; unusual
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
on the occasion of; at the time of
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
based on; on the basis of
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
solidarity; joint; collective
to understand from experience
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to find fault with; to question
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
vitality; (one's) life force
(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
torturing to death; tormenting to death
non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; external path
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
godparent; namer; first person to give something its name
personal feelings; self-interest
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
when it comes to; concerning