comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to not be taken seriously
to rebuke; to scold harshly
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
previous engagement; prior contract
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to speak; to hear a voice
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
indiscriminately; recklessly
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way
I couldn't care less; not caring less
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine