PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
personality; style; appearance
sense of unity; sense of oneness
journal; magazine; periodical
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
wild beast; wild animal; brute
counter for chairs or seats
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
just you wait and see (as a threat)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
only recently; just of late
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
as usual; as is one's habit