dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
to hit (someone) once; to give (somebody) a punch; to intimidate (someone)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity
emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
meaning of a word; sense of a word
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
(appropriate for) one's age
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
great laughter; burst of laughter
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake
practical question (problem); practical matter
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
being left out; being ostracized
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Wang Yangming and his followers)