mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
being absorbed (in); immersion; sinking (into)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to trample to death; to kill underfoot
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
Buddha's head; head of a Buddha statue
to project; to stick out; to stand out
pink (colour, color); peach
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
one (thing); one piece; one item
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
revue dance performed in a line; line dance
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
literally; to the letter; literal
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
tottering; staggering; reeling
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
by all means; at all costs
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)