stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
repentance; confession; penitence
to have a talk; to tell a story
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
secret; private; surreptitious
to be intimate with; to befriend
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to walk away; to walk off
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted