to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
tension; tensile strength
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
silence; stillness; quietness
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
and so; therefore; for that reason
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
this (very thing); this precisely
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
gods or demons that cause epidemics
evil spirit; demon; devil
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
to stop (plug) one's ears
smallpox; variola; pockmark; pock
to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp