cool; indifferent; nonchalant; calm
succession; continuation; series; sequence
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
Zen studies; Zen practice
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
suited to the occasion; expedient; ad hoc
old friend; old acquaintance
earnestly; repeatedly; patiently
innocent; blameless; guiltless
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
profitable plan; good plan
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
heir; inheritor; successor
whole nation; whole land; whole country
suppression; repression; subjugation
twice; again; second time
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
notice; attention; observation
outstanding; excellent; remarkable
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
good memory; retentive memory
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
break in time; interruption; pause
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive