headlong rush; rushing recklessly
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
optimization; optimisation
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
to make a living; to earn a livelihood
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
counter for helmets, etc.
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
one's outlook on the universe
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
when it comes to; concerning
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
completion of construction
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
in terms of; from the point of view of
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess