baa (sound made by sheep); meh
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to jump up and down; to hop
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to talk; to chat; to chatter
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
main temple building; nave
cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
in deep black; in jet black
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique