silence; stillness; quietness
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
pitching ability; counter for pitches
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
increase and decrease; fluctuation
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to tower over the surroundings
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
ectogenesis; outside the body
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
pressure; oppression; suppression
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
deep emotion; strong feelings
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to take to task; to take it out on
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
casting; cast-metal object