escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
conviction; belief; confidence
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
having weak legs; slow walker
to run away; to escape safely
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
curiosity; rare item; rarity; rare opportunity which could be beneficial
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever