golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)
detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
instruction; direction; briefing
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
using one's arm as a pillow; resting one's head on one's arm
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to jump up and down; to hop
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
two-storey house; two-story house
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to take a breather; to take a break
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
Buddhist country; the land of Buddha; Buddhist paradise
to anticipate; to foresee
occasional; infrequent; rare
to ascend; to go up; to climb