relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
library (usu. single-room); small library
machine room; machinery room; engine room; machine house
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
locker room; changing room; dressing room
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
one's principal residence; main home
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
retirement (from the world); seclusion
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
calamity; misfortune; disaster
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
becoming active; increase in activity
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
passive; lacking initiative; lacking autonomy
life and death; life or death