one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
secret; private; surreptitious
follower of the Buddha; Buddhist; all Buddha's children; mankind; Bodhisattva
ordinary person; unenlightened person
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
night watch; night guard; night shift
of course; certainly; naturally
side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
main building in a Heian palace; (historical) main residence of an emperor
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
memory; sense; experience
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition
sword; blade; single stroke