to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
(opening of a) wound; cut
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
to open (one's eyes) wide
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
pale; pallid; bluish-white
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for played stones; counter for surrounded points
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
(arch.) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; netsuke; item attached to a netsuke
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master); (issuing a) certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)
brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
true intention; underlying motive
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
whatever (the case may be)