popular person; favorite; favourite
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to pretend; to act (as if)
delay; putting off; procrastination
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
general classification; broad categorization
three; three years of age
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy; (accumulated) experiences; (personal) history
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
self-defense; self-defence
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)