zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to breathe while sleeping
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
war; battle; match; game; competition
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
silence; stillness; quietness
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
sharply; harshly; stingingly
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
(social) class; rank; grade
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
counter for wheels and flowers
meditation; contemplation
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
news; word; tidings; omen
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon