waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
I appreciate your efforts
close; intimate; on good terms
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
small token of one's sentiments; just slightly; only a bit
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
price decline; fall in price
a little bit; a little while
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
tens of thousands of years
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
to perceive; to understand
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice