repaying a favor; repaying a favour
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to flare up; to burst into flames
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
application (of ointment, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
priest traveling as part of his training (travelling)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
water bucket suspended from a weighted rod
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)