bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
startup; activation; bootstrap; startup company
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to hate each other; to hate mutually
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
praise; glorification; extolment
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to have a reason; to have an excuse
running away; escaping on foot
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
trivial; not amounting to much
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer