devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
opposite side; other side; other party
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
Shugendō practitioner; mountain ascetic; Shugendō
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
abrasive compound; abrading agent; abradant; polishing agent
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse