road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
this for sure; certainly is
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
variation; variant pattern
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
resignation; acceptance; consolation
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super