praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
contract; compact; agreement
before god; before an altar
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
verbal promise; one's word
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
blunder (involving arranging something); bungled preparations; booking mistake
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
shades of evening; dead of night
to mix; to blend; to combine
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on