service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
founder of a religious sect
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
small sum; things of little value
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
thousands; several thousand
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
devoting one's life to the Buddha; obeying the Buddha's teachings
guard; signalman; attendant
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less