boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
that kind; competition; match
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to cut one's hand; to cut one's connections (with); to break off relations (with); to cut ties (with)
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
disinheritance; disowning
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
pure heart; naivete; innocence
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to live; to reside; to inhabit
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
thick rice gruel; soft cooked rice
one meal; one meal (a day)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
side dish; supplementary food
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
inscrutable; incomprehensible
condition; state (of health); appearance