to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
modern person; people of today
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
just because; even if; even though
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite