to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
endless; boundless; everlasting
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
high and low (social standing)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
extremely; terrifically; super
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
summer vacation; summer holiday
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
at least; at most; (even) just
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
number of persons; personnel
allocation; assignment; allotment
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
otherwise; or else; if not
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
profitable plan; good plan
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha