free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
to underrate; to make light of
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
the scruff or nape of the neck
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
atomic energy; nuclear power
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
unseasonable; out of season
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign