cinch; pushover; easy matter; light snack; cake served with tea
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
just the other day; quite recently
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
on the way back; returning
chignon (in a Japanese hair-style)
something; some kind of; for some reason
incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to wipe thoroughly; to polish
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
sundry; various; assorted
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)