preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
heir; inheritor; successor
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
preface; introduction; preamble
both; both sides; both parties
(feather) duster; dusting
to drop; to lose; to let fall
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
main road; main thoroughfare
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
same family (race, tribe)
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
can do; may do; be capable of doing
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
love; attachment; adoration
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to toil; to labor industriously
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
rising; ascending; climbing
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied