to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
prohibition; ban; embargo
coquettish; charming; seductive; (arch.) beautiful; (arch.) graceful
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Zen studies; Zen practice
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
loving home; happy home; newlyweds' home
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
eight-sided shape; octagon
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
(artistic portrait of a) lion
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
opening; gap; dried and opened fish